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[Verse 1]
    Em                           Bm
She hears his heavy breathing in   the dark
    Em                           C
His footsteps coming closer down the hall
      Am                               Bm
She's so ashamed, she's daddy's secret love
    Am                              Bm               E          Em
She wants to cry, she wants to die, but he can't get   enough

[Verse 2]
    Em
The bruises on his face will go away
    Em                                   C
Mom keeps him home from school till they fade
      Am                          Bm
She's sorry he was born and tells him so
   Am                                 Bm             Em
He takes it in, he hangs his chin, he ducks another blow

[Chorus]
D
   Did God overlook it
Em
   What ought have been written
Am                           Bm
   The eleventh commandment
             Em
   Honor thy children

[Verse 3]
   Em
He cries for hours, cries and never stops
   Em                               C
He shakes so hard his little cradle rocks
      Am                          Bm
He'll never have the chance to be brand new
      Am                Cm          Bm             Em
He'll never walk, he'll never talk, he's addicted, too

[Chorus]
D
   Did God overlook it
Em
   What ought have been written
Am                          Bm
   The eleventh commandment
             Em
   Honor thy children

[Bridge]
C
Thou shalt not kill
C
Thou shalt not steal
           Em
Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain
C                                 Bm
Thou shalt not cause thy children    pain

[Outro]
D
   God does not overlook it
Em
   What ought have been written
Am              C           Bm
   The eleventh commandment
             Em       Em7
   Honor thy children
             Em
   Honor thy children