| Verse |
| Am | G | D | |
| Down on my | knees again | tonight, |
| Am | G | D | |
| I'm hopin' this p | rayer will turn out ri | ght, |
| Am | G | D | |
| See there is a b | oy that needs your h | elp, |
| Am | G | D | |
| I've done all that | I can do mys | elf, |
| C | G | |
| His mother is t | ired, |
| Am | G | |
| I'm sure you can u | nderstand, |
| C | G | |
| Each night as he s | leeps, |
| C | D | |
| She goes in to ho | ld his hand, |
| C | G | D | Em | |
| And she tr | ies | , not to cr | y, |
| C G D (hold to begining of verse) |
| As the tears, fill her eyes |
| Cborus |
| Em | C | |
| Can you he | ar me? |
| G | D | |
| Am I ge | tting through to | night? |
| Em | C | |
| Can you s | ee him? |
| G | D | |
| Can you m | ake him feel al | right? |
| Em | C | |
| If you can | hear me, |
| G | D | |
| Let me ta | ke his place so | mehow, |
| Em | Csus | D | Em | |
| G D(2x) |
| See he's not just anyone, he's my son. |
| Verse |
| Am | G | D | |
| Sometimes late at n | ight I watch him sl | eep, |
| Am | G | D | |
| I dream of the bo | y he'd like to | be, |
| Am | G | D | |
| I try to be str | ong and see him thr | ough, |
| Am | G | D | |
| But God who he ne | eds right now is y | ou, |
| C | G | |
| Let him grow o | ld, |
| Am | G |
| Live life without this fear, |
| C | G | |
| What would I | be, |
| Am | D | |
| Living witho | ut him here? |
| C | G | |
| He's so tire | d, |
| D | Em | |
| And he's sc | are | d, |
| C | G | |
| Let him kn | ow, |
| D | |
| That you are th | ere. |
| Cborus |
| Em | C | |
| Can you hear me? |
| G | D | |
| Am I ge | tting through ton | ight? |
| Em | C | |
| Can you see him? |
| G | D | |
| Can you m | ake him feel al | right? |
| Em | C | |
| If you can h | ear me, |
| G | D | |
| Let me t | ake his place so | mehow, |
| Em Csus D Em, |
| G, D(2x) |
| See he's not just anyone, he's my son. |
| instrumental | |
| *** |
| Am, G, D (strum like verses 4x) |
| Cborus | |
| 2x |
| Em | C | |
| Can you hear me? |
| G | D | |
| Please dont le | ave him, |
| He's my son.Em, C, G, D |
| Em, C, G, D, strum G chord here |
| ***in the instrumental, the song has violins and a piano playing here but these are |
| chords to it. |
| END |
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