Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
F
When I was small I had dolls,
some could walk
G
Gm
C
G
Some could talk, some could cry
C
F
G
And like a mother I'd rock them to sleep
Gm
G
C
G
with some old melody
C
F
One I had learned at my mother's knee
Verse 2
G
Gm
Bb
F
Their tiny eyes would
close on a hinge
Bb
Not to open 'til I sat
C
F
'em up straight
Gm
Bb
F
With just one sad cry they'd lie there
Bb
C
F
'Til I decided the time had come to play
Verse 3
F
Then one day I sang my song
Bb
F
Sang it for the last time
C
F
Left them there to lie forever in the dark
Verse 4
to school
C
G
Learned of life and all it's mysteries
D
I felt its pleasures after
G
F
Where at first I walked alone,
C
G
but soon walked with others
Bb
F
'Til the one to hold my hand
D
G
had that touch to set me off
C
G
I got married and had children,
F
G
a house and furniture
Bb
F
D
G
A dentist, a doctor to monitor each cough
Verse 5
G
Then one day I called my daughter,
C
G
I called her by her little name
D
I found her playing house in
C
The table was her room and books
D
Every doll was dressed and working
Some with dustpans
F
Bb
And I sat down beside her to help
F
her make her little home
C
My fingers fumbled with
the snaps
Bb
I couldn't hold the Barbie coat
C
G
C
Then it clicked and I remembered
Verse 6
F
Fsus4
F
When I was small I had dolls,
some could walk
G
Gm
G
C
G
Some could talk, some could cry
C
Others would wet when I'd
C
F
G
And like a mother I'd rock them to sleep
C
G
with some old melody
C
F
One I had learned at my mother's knee
Verse 7
G
Bb
F
But you, you're like no doll
Bb
C
You don't fall asleep after I've
G
Bb
Unlike your doll,
Bb
C
F
You'll grow and grow too soon, to take flight
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