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Guardian Angel

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[Verse 1]
FI guess there's no Ctime
When FI can't Crecall
That Fpicture Changing up Gthere on the Amwall
FOf a little girl waClking
FBy a snake in the Cgrass
AFnd her GCuardian AngGel is guiding her Ampast
[Verse 2]
FWell, I lost a big Csister
When Fthe pictCure was new
FNineteen Cfifty-six Gjust before I Amturned two
FI took part of my mCemory,
Added Fstories Cand things
FI made hCer my AngelG, she has her Amown wings
FI made hCer my AngelG, she has her own Cwings
[Chorus]
FShe would have held my Amhand,
FShe would have called my Amname
FToo younCg to remembGer I miss her the Amsame
FMy Guardian CAngel, GI miss her the Csame
[Verse 3]
FDon't know much aboCut her
There'Fs not much tCo know
FJust six Cyears of lGiving then she had Amto go
FMy parents they griCeved
SomehoFw they moved Con
FAnd I grCew up knowiGng my sister was gAmone
[Verse 4]
FI found an old Cletter
That mFy mom wrote that Cyear
FAnd each Ctime I reaGd it I shed a new Amtear
FIt helps me to feel Csome
Of what Fmy parents felt Cthen
FI think Cof my own kGids and feel it agAmain
FI think Cof my own kGids and feel it agCain
[Chorus]
FI would have held her Amhand
FI know I called her Amname
FMy GuardCian Angel I Gmiss her the sameAm  
FShe would have held my Amhand
FShe would have called Ammy name
FToo younCg to remembGer her, miss her tAmhe same
FMy GuardCian Angel, GI miss her the Csame
[Verse 5]
FI guess there's no Ctime
FWhen I can't Crecall
FThe picture a Changing up Gthere on the Amwall

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Guardian Angel

by Tim O'Brien

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Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

F C

I guess there's no time

F C

When I can't recall

F C G Am

That picture hanging up there on the wall

F C

Of a little girl walking

F C

By a snake in the grass

F C G Am

And her Guardian Angel is guiding her past

[Verse 2]

F C

Well, I lost a big sister

F C

When the picture was new

F C G Am

Nineteen fifty-six just before I turned two

F C

I took part of my memory,

F C

Added stories and things

F C G Am

I made her my Angel, she has her own wings

F C G C

I made her my Angel, she has her own wings

[Chorus]

F Am

She would have held my hand,

F Am

She would have called my name

F C G Am

Too young to remember I miss her the same

F C G C

My Guardian Angel, I miss her the same

[Verse 3]

F C

Don't know much about her

F C

There's not much to know

F C G Am

Just six years of living then she had to go

F C

My parents they grieved

F C

Somehow they moved on

F C G Am

And I grew up knowing my sister was gone

[Verse 4]

F C

I found an old letter

F C

That my mom wrote that year

F C G Am

And each time I read it I shed a new tear

F C

It helps me to feel some

F C

Of what my parents felt then

F C G Am

I think of my own kids and feel it again

F C G C

I think of my own kids and feel it again

[Chorus]

F Am

I would have held her hand

F Am

I know I called her name

F C G Am

My Guardian Angel I miss her the same

F Am

She would have held my hand

F Am

She would have called my name

F C G Am

Too young to remember her, miss her the same

F C G C

My Guardian Angel, I miss her the same

[Verse 5]

F C

I guess there's no time

F C

When I can't recall

F C G Am

The picture a hanging up there on the wall

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