(intro) Em   C   D   B       Em   D   Bm   C

(verses)
Em               C
 Well the key to my survival
    D             B
Was never in much doubt
    Em               D
The question was how I could keep sane
B                C
Trying to find a way out

Em                 C
 Things were never easy for me
         D                B
Peace of mind was hard to find
      D                    A
And I needed a place where I could hide
C                      G
Somewhere I could call mine

Em             C
I didn't think much about it
       D                         B
Til it started happening all the time
Em                         D
Soon I was living with the fear everyday
   Bm                     C
Of what might happen that night

Em                  C
I couldn't stand to hear the
             D
Crying of my mother
               B
And I remember when

              D
I swore that, that would be the
            A
Last they'd see of me
      C               G
And I never went home again

(bridge)
D                       E
 They say the time is a healer
           D                  E
And now my wounds are not the same
D                        E
 I rang the bell with my heart in my mouth
  D                     E
I had to hear what he'd say
C                  G
 He sat me down to talk to me
D                             A
 He looked me straight in the eyes

(chorus)

He said)
D      G              D         C
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
D     G              D         C
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
G                   C       D
You walked out, you left us behind
G                  C         D        G      G      C     C
And you're no son, no son of mine

C                                D          Em      C   D
Oh, his words how they hurt me, I'll never forget it
 C                         C     D
 And as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it

Em                    C             D
You're no son, you're no son of mine
                   D
But where should I go,
    C
And what should I do
Em                    C
You're no son, you're no son of mine
D                             C           Em
 But I came here for help, oh I came here for you

( C  D   B       Em   D   Bm   C )

(verses)
         Em                   C
Well the years they passed so slowly
D                   B
I thought about him everyday
Em                     D
What would I do, if we passed on the street
B                    C
Would I keep running away

Em                    C
 In and out of hiding places
D                         B
Soon I'd have to face the facts
     D                    A
We'd have to sit down and talk it over
    C                     G
And that would mean going back

(bridge)
D                      E
They say the time is a healer
           D                  E
And now my wounds are not the same
            D            E
I rang that bell with my heart in my mouth
  D                     E
I had to hear what he'd say

C                  G
 He sat me down to talk to me
D                             Am
 He looked me straight in the eyes

(chorus)
He said)
D      G              D         C
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
D      G              D         C
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
G                    C       D
 You walked out, you left us behind
G                   C         D        G      G      C  D
 And you're no son, no son of mine

C                                D          Em        C   D
Oh, his words how they hurt me, I'll never forget it
 C                         C     D
 And as the time, it went by, I lived to regret it

Em                     C             D
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
                   D
But where should I go,
    C
And what should I do
Em                     C
 You're no son, you're no son of mine
D                             C           Em
 But I came here for help, oh I was looking for you

Em                    C                D
You're no son, you're no son of mine   oh
B                  Em                C                D
You're no son   ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah, ha yeah ha yeah
             B                       Em           C          D         B
You're no son, you're no son of mine   oh, oh...