Chords for After The Pain

[C] _ _ _ _ Well, I couldn't resist the urge to tell you the end of my [Am] story.
[Dm] For all of those who wanted to know, was there life after the pain?
_ [C] After the pain, you come [F] and love me. _
_ And [C] I welcome you. _
_ You're a [F] glad sight to see. _ _
_ _ _ [C] After the rain _ and all that [Dm] I have been through, _ _ _ [C] still can't explain how I can still love [F] you
like [Dm] I do.
But I do, [F] yes I do, still [C] love you like I do. _
Though [Am] you still do me like you do me.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] After the pain, _ we sit [F] and we talk a while.
[Dm] _ And [C] I fight with all my might to hold back the tears from [Dm] falling with a pleasant smile. _
_ _ [F] _ [C] After the rain, I can't believe you [Dm] got the nerve to still call me baby.
_ And [C] I try to tell you no, it ain't so, but I guess [Em] no [F] just ain't in me. _
[Dm] Cause boy I still [C] love you like I do me. _
[Am] Boy you still do me like you do me.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ Yeah, I know you're laughing, [F] those of you who heard pain.
[C] Yeah, you're right, I sure did.
I said I'd never take him [F] back again.
Well, it's a woman's [Em] prerogative to change her mind, isn't it?
But we do it [F] all the time.
Don't laugh, you've [Em] probably done the same thing too.
[C] It's just that you [F] know me and I don't know you.
You know [C] one thing time has taught me that having a piece [Dm] of man is better than having no man at all.
So I'm [C] gonna just take what I got and work with it.
You understand what I [Dm] mean?
Now don't you remember thinking [C] back just a few years when people used to try [Dm] to help you stay together.
They found out you were on the verge of breaking [C] up.
They used to cook up a little food and throw a [Dm] little party and whip a thing in your hair like
[C] Don't blame Mr.
Charlie.
Mr.
Charlie is just a man and [Dm] he's doing the best he can. _
I heard him [C] say
Don't blame Mr.
Charlie.
Mr.
Charlie is just a man and [F] he's doing the best he can.
That's why I [Em] still love you like I love me. _ _
Boy you [F#] still [Dm] leave me like I love me. _ _
_ I know [Em] that you know it's true.
After all I do, I should [F] be through with love.
But there's a God up [Dm] above that keeps [Em] saying
Daddy try, don't give up you know.
The [F] sun is gonna shine cause of [Dm] you I'm lying.
You just [C] keep doing your best _ _ _ cause I [F] love you baby like I do.
That's [Dm] why I still [C] love you like I love me.
Boy you still [Am] do me [F] like you love me. _ _
[Dm] _ My [C] love is _ deeper than any ocean.
And my [F] love is higher _ _ _
[Dm] than any mountain.
And [Em] it's oh it's full of [G] emotion.
_ [C] My [F] love is full [Dm] of devotion.
_ My [C] love is in and [G] out of season.
[Em] And I love [C] you [Dm] with or without a reason.
_ You [Em] see God is gonna bless me for loving you.
[F] For all the times that you treated me wrong and I [Dm] kept being true.
[Em] You see God's eyes they're not closed.
He's not asleep.
[F] Said he's watching every move you [Dm] make, every secret to [C] keep.
Boy you better be careful.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Said [C] if you treat me bad or make me sad.
My father in heaven [F] is watching you. _
[Dm] But I still [C] love you like I love me.
And _ _ [F] nobody's ever gonna love you like I do.
[Dm] No one's ever [C] gonna love you like _ [Em] I do.
No one's ever [F] gonna love you like [Dm] _ I do.
No one's ever gonna [C] love you like _ _ _ I [F] do.
I [Dm] don't know why I do.
But I do, yes I [C] do.
Oh, _ _ I need to keep so loving you.
[Dm] I don't know why.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Oh, I said I _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] do, _ [C] _ _ yes I _ _ [Am] do.
[Dm] Baby don't you know it's true.
Yes I do.
[Em] Baby, no strings. _ _
[C] Still loving [Dm] you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _