Concrete Angel

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"Shantel Adams" 

 


Concrete Angel - Martina McBride
Album: Greatist Hits
Writers: Stephanie Bentley/Rob Crosby


**Capo 1**


Intro: 
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7  
 G
      
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7


 C             
 G/B             
 Am7       
 G
She walks to school with the lunch she packed

 C       
 G/B              
 Am7     
 G
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back

 C           
 G/B              
 Am7       
 G
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday

 C             
 G/B           
 Am7       
 G      
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7  
 G
She hides the bruises with linen and lace, ooh


 C           
 G/B            
 Am7       
 G
The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask

 C            
 G/B             
 Am7      
 G
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask

 C           
 G/B         
 Am7     
 G
Bearing the burden of a secret storm

 C             
 G/B             
 Am7   
 G
Sometimes she wishes she was never born


Chorus:
            
 C            
 G
Through the wind and the rain
           
 Am         
 G
She stands hard as a stone
     
 C              
 G           
 Am
In a world that she can't rise above

 G        
 C              
 G
But her dreams give her wings
        
 Am         
 G                 
 C
And she flies to a place where she's loved

 D
Concrete angel



 C  
 G/B  
 Am7  
 G

 C  
 G/B  
 Am7


 C         
 G/B          
 Am7           
 G
Somebody cries in the middle of the night

 C             
 G/B            
 Am7           
 G
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights

 C          
 G/B                
 Am7      
 G
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate

 C             
 G/B        
 Am7      
 G
When morning comes it'll be too late


CHORUS


Solo: 
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7  
 G
     
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7


 C         
 G/B         
 Am7     
 G
A statue stands in a shaded place

 C        
 G/B          
 Am7       
 G
An angel girl with an upturned face

 C          
 G/B          
 Am7      
 G
A name is written on a polished rock

 C         
 G/B           
 Am7       
 G
A broken heart that the world forgot


CHORUS


Outro: 
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7  
 G
      
 C  
 G/B  
 Am7


Chords:

 Am  =   x02210

 Am7 =   x02010

 C   =   x32010

 D   =   xx0232

 G   =   320003

 G/B =   x20003