Intro: |Dm Dm |G7 A# |Am |Am A | Dm Dm G7 G She's faced the hardest times you could imagine A# A# F A And many times, Her eyes fought back the tears Dm Dm G7 A# And when her youthful world was about to fall in A# A# Each time her slender shoulders, A# A# Bore the weight of all her fears A# A# And a sorrow no one hears A# Am Gm D Still rings in midnight silence in her ears A# C F Let her cry for she's a lady A# A Dm Let her dream for she's a child A# Am Gm Let the rain fall down upon her A# A# F She's a free and gentle flower growing wild A# F And if by chance I should hold her A# F Let me hold her for a time A# #9102