INTRO: PLAY 2x's
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VERSE:Am7GCG/B
She was only ten when her daddy got fired
Am7GCG/BAm7
He drank away the family home and left them all alone
GCG/B
And then her mommy was just too tired
Am7C
She got sent away
VERSE:Am7GCG/B
She moved in with her aunt in Arizona
Am7GCG/BAm7
Everything was fine until she told on Uncle Bill
GCG/B
When he said he only wanted to hold her
Am7C
She had to run away
Am7G
But when it rains
CG/BAm7
The past gets washed away, and then
GC
She smiles 'cause she knows in the end
C
The world gets beautiful,
C (N.C.) (G)
Beautiful again
VERSE:Am7GCG/B
Her boyfriend said I'm way too young to get married
Am7GCG/B
But she made up her mind that somehow she was gonna
Am7GCG/B
Find a way to keep that baby she carried
Am7C
And he just walked away
Am7G
But when it rains
CG/BAm7
The past gets washed away, and then
GC
She smiles 'cause she knows in the end
C
The world gets beautiful,
G
Beautiful again
INSTRUMENTAL: CG/BAm7GCG/BAm7BREAK:Am7G
And when she's lying all alone
CG/B
Thinkin' about her life she wonders
Am7GCG/B
If she is wrong to believe in a better world
Am7G
Then she sees her little girl
CG/BD
And she knows she is right
Am7G
But when it rains
CG/BAm7
The past gets washed away, and then
GC
She smiles 'cause she knows in the end
C
The world gets beautiful, (The world gets beautiful)
G
Beautiful again yeah, yeah