C   Am  F   D   Bb  E7  C7  Fmaj7
e|--------------1---1-----------0--------|
B|--1---1---1---3---3---3---1---1--------|
G|--0---2---2---2---3---1---3---2--------|
D|--2---2---3---0---3---0---2---3--------|
A|--3---0---3-----------2---3------------|
E|----------------------0----------------|
[Strophe]
C                  Am      F            Dm 
We carried you in our arms on Independence Day 
Bb                          F         C 
 And now you'd throw us all aside and put us all away   
                                  Am        F                 Dm 
Oh, what dear daughter 'neath the sun could treat a father so?   
Bb                F                 C 
 To wait upon him hand and foot and always tell him "No"
[Refrain]
E7             Am 
 Tears of rage, tears of grief   
F                 C 
 Why must I always be the thief?   
E7                             Am 
 Come to me now, you know we're so low 
F            C7    Fmaj7 C 
 And life is brief 
[Strophe]
 
It was all very painless 
 
When you went out to receive 
 
All that false instruction 
 
Which we never could believe 
 
And now the heart is filled with gold 
 
As if it was a purse 
 
But, oh, what kind of love is this 
 
Which goes from bad to worse? 
[Refrain]
E7             Am 
 Tears of rage, tears of grief   
F                 C 
 Why must I always be the thief?   
E7                             Am 
 Come to me now, you know we're so low 
F            C7    Fmaj7 C 
 And life is brief 
[Strophe]
 
We pointed you the way to go 
 
And scratched your name in sand 
 
Though you just thought it was nothing more 
 
Than a place for you to stand 
 
I want you to know that while we watched 
 
You discovered no one would be true 
 
And I myself was among 
 
The ones who thought 
 
It was just a childish thing to do 
[Refrain]
E7             Am 
 Tears of rage, tears of grief   
F                 C 
 Why must I always be the thief?   
E7                             Am 
 Come to me now, you know we're so low 
F            C7    Fmaj7 C 
 And life is brief