My Boy Chords by Elvis Presley

[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ You're sleeping, son, [A] I know, but really this [Bm] can't wait.
I wanted to [F#m] explain before it gets [Bm] too late.
_ _ _ For your [G] mother and me, love has [F#m] finally died.
This is no [Em] happy home, but God [F#] knows how I tried.
_ _ _ Because [Bm] you're all I have, [Em] my boy.
You [A] are my life, my pride, [D] my joy.
And if [G#] I stay, I stay [C#] because of you, [B] my boy.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ [D] _ _ _ I know it's hard to [A] understand why did [Bm] we ever start.
We're more [F#m] like strangers now, each [Bm] acting out a part. _
_ _ _ I have [G] laughed, I have cried, I've lost [F#m] ever again.
Taking all [Em] I can take, but I'll stay [F#] here just the same.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Because you're all I have, [Em] my boy.
You are [A] my life, my pride, [D] my joy.
And if I [G#] stay, _ I stay [C#] because of you, my [Bm] boy.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[F#] _ [D] _ _ _ Sleep on, you haven't [A] heard a word.
Perhaps [Bm] it's just as well.
Why spoil [F#m] your little dreams?
Why put you [Bm] through the hell?
_ _ _ Life [G] is no fairy tale, and one [F#m] day you will know.
But now you're [Em] just a child, I'll stay here and [F#] watch you grow. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Because you're all I _ [Em] _ have, my boy.
You are [A] my life, my pride, [F#m] my joy.
And [G#] if I stay, I [C#] stay because of you, [B] my boy.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] And _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] if I stay, I [C#] stay because of you, [F#] my boy.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ And [A] _
_ _ [F#m] if _ [G#] I stay, I stay [C#] because of [F#] you, my boy.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _