D                          A	 
Seven weeks have passed now since she left me, 
Bm                    G 
She shows her face to ask me how I am 
D                         A 
She says the kids are fine and that they miss me 
Bm		       G 
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime 
 
 
A                            Bm        G 
She says, "are you o.k? I was worried about you. 
A		       Bm		   G 
"Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy." 
D		    A 
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying 
Bm		 G 
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears 
 
 
A				   Bm		   G 
I saw a friend of mine.  he said, "I was worried about you 
A				Bm		G 
I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it 
D		    A 
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying 
Bm		 G 
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears 
 
 
A		   Bm		 G 
Saw my lawyer, Mr. good news, he got me 
A		  Bm	    G 
Joint custody and legal separation 
D		    D/C 
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying 
D/Bb 
I'm laughing through my tears, 
			      D/C D/Bb 
I'm laughing through my tears 
 
 
D			  F#m 
I took a walk alone last night. 
   		   Bm 
I looked up at the stars 
		  G 
To try to find an answer in my life 
 
 
D				 F#m 
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him 
Bm				  G 
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife 
A 
Something made me smile. 
Bm		    G 
Something seemed to ease the pain 
A				 Bm		 G 
Something about the universe and how it's all connected 
 
 
D				    A 
The park is full of sunday fathers, and melted ice cream 
Bm			   G 
We try to do the best, within the given time 
D				 A 
A kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that 
Bm			 G 
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes? 
 
 
A				   Bm			G 
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "you look different somehow." 
A			    Bm		        G 
I said, "everybody's got to leave this darkness sometime." 
D		    D/C 
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying, 
D/Bb 
I'm laughing through my tears, 
				D/C  
I'm laughing through my tears 
D		    D/C 
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying 
D/Bb 
I'm laughing through my tears, 
				D/C D 
I'm laughing through my tears