The Little Girl
John Michael Montgomery
[Intro]
Db Bbm Ab (twice)
[Verse]
Db
Her Parents never took the young girl to church
Bbm Ab
Never spoke of his name, never read her his word
Db
Two nonbelievers walking lost in this world
Bbm Ab
Took their baby with them what a sad little girl
[Verse]
Db
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Bbm Ab
Never wanted to play or give kisses and hugs
Db
She''d watch the TV and sit there on the couch
Bbm Ab
while her mom fell asleep and her daddy went out
[Bridge]
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
and the drinking and the fighting
Db Ab
just got worse every night
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
behind their couch she''d be hiding
Db Ab
oh what a sad little life
Repeat Intro: Db Bbm Ab
[Verse]
Db
And like it always does the bad just got worse
Bbm Ab
with every slap and every curse
Db
until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
Bbm Ab
used a gun on her mom and then took his life
[Bridge]
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
and some people from a city
Db Ab
took the girl far away
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
to a new mom and a new dad
Db Ab
kisses and hugs every day
[Instrumental]
Db Bbm Ab
[Verse]
Db
her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in
Bbm Ab
and a small little girl stared at a picture of him
Db
she said I know that man up there on that cross
Bbm Ab
I don''t know his name but I know he got off
[Bridge]
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
cause he was there in my old house
Db Ab
and held me close to his side
Ab Bbm Ab Gb
as I hid there behind our couch
Db Ab
the night that my parents died
[Instrumental]
Db Bbm Ab