[Gm] When I was a young boy
[D#] I was scared of growing [A#] up
I [Gm] did't understand it but
[D#] I was terrified of [A#] love
Felt [Gm] like I had to choose
but [D#] it was outta my con- [A#] trol
I [Gm] needed to be saved,
I was [D#] going crazy on my [A#] own
It took me [Cm] years to tell my [A#] mother,
I ex- [D#] pected the worst
I [Cm] gathered all the [A#] courage in the [F] world
She said,I love you [Gm] no [D#] matter [A#] what
I just [Gm] want you to be [D#] happy
and always [A#] be who you are"
She [Gm] wrapped her arms [D#] around me
Said, "Don't try to [A#] be what you're [F] not
Cause I [Gm] love you no [D#] matter [A#] what"
She [Gm] loves me no [D#] matter [A#] what
I [Gm] got a little older
[D#] wishing all my time a- [A#] way
[Gm] Riding on the pavement,
[D#] every sunny day was [A#] grey
I [Gm] trusted in my friends then
[D#] all my world came crashing [A#] down
I wish I [Gm] never said a thing cause to
[D#] them I'm a stranger [A#] now
I ran [Cm] home I saw my [A#] mother,
it was [D#] written on my face
Felt like I [D#] had a heart of
[A#] glass about to [F] break
She said,I love you [Gm] no [D#] matter [A#] what
I just [Gm] want you to be
[D#] happy and always [A#] be who you are"
She [Gm] wrapped her arms a- [D#] round me
Said, "Don't try to [A#] be what you're not
[F] Coz I [Gm] love u no [D#] matter [A#] what yeh
[D#] Now I'm a man and I'm so much [A#] wiser
[D#] I walk the earth with my head held [A#] higher
[D#] I got the love that I [F] need
But I was [Gm] still missing [Dm] one special piece
My [A#] father looked at [D#] me
He said "I love you [Gm] no [D#] matter [A#] what
I just [Gm] want you to be
[D#] happy and always [A#] be who you are"
[F] He [Gm] wrapped his arms a- [D#] round me
Said, "Don't try to [A#] be what you're not
[F] Cause I [Gm] love you no [D#] matter [A#] what"
[F] He [Gm] loves me no [D#] matter [A#] what
And they [Gm] love me no [D#] matter [A#] what
