F C
Seven weeks have passed now since she left me
Dm Bb
She shows her face to ask me how I am
F C
She says the kids are fine, that they miss me
Dm Bb
Maybe I could come, baby-sit sometime
C Dm
She says, "Are you o.k? I was worried about you.
C Dm Bb
Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy."
F C
I'm so happy, that I can't stop crying
Dm Bb
I'm so happy, I'm laughing through my tears
C Dm
I saw a friend of mine. He said, "I was worried about you
C Dm Bb
I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it."
F C
I said, "I'm so happy that I, can't stop crying."
Dm Bb
I'm so happy, I'm laughing through my tears
C Dm Bb
Saw my lawyer, Mr. good news, he got me
C Dm Bb
Joint custody and legal separ-ation
F F7/11
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
F7/11
I'm laughing through my tears,
C
I'm laughing through my tears
F C
I took a walk alone last night. I looked up at the
Dm Bb
stars. To try to find an answer in my life
F C
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him
Dm Bb
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
C
Something made me smile.
Dm Bb
Something seemed to ease the pain
C Dm Bb F7/E
Something about the universe and how it's all connected
(During the solo move the capo up one fret)
F C
The park is full of sunday fathers, and melted ice cream
Dm Bb
We try to do the best, within the givin time
F C
A kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that
Dm Bb
What can a father do but baby-sit some-times?
C Dm
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "you look different somehow."
C Dm Bb
I said, "everybody's got to leave this darkness sometime." I say,
F F7/11
"I'm so happy that I can't stop crying."
F7/11
Laughing through my tears,
F7/11
Laughing through my tears
F F7/11
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
F7/11
Laughing through my tears,
F7/11
Laughing through my tears
F