[F#]Seven weeks have passed now
[C#]since she left me,
[D#m]And she shows her face to ask[B] me how I am
[F#]She says the kids are fine
[C#]and that they miss me
[D#m]Maybe I could come and [B]baby-sit sometime

[C#]She says, "are you OK?
[D#m]I was worried about [B]you,
[C#]can you forgive me? I
[D#m]hope that you'll be hap[B]py." I said
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 **[CHORUS]**
    [F#]"I'm so happy that I [C#]can't stop crying,
    [D#m]I'm so happy, I'm lau[B]ghing through my tears."
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[C#]I saw a friend of mine.
He said [D#m]"I was worried ab[B]out you,
[C#]I heard she had another man,
[D#m]I wondered how you fe[B]lt about it"
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**[CHORUS]**
   [F#]"I'm so happy that I [C#]can't stop crying,
   [D#m]I'm so happy, I'm lau[B]ghing through my tears."
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[C#]Saw my lawyer, [D#m]Mr. good[B]news, he got me
[C#]Joint custody and[D#m] legal separ[B]ation
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**[CHORUS]**
   [F#]"I'm so happy that I [F#&E]can't stop crying
   [Dmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears,
   [Dmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears" [E]
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[F#]I took a walk alone last [A#m7]night.
I looked up at the stars[D#m]
To try to find an an[B]swer in my life

[F#]I chose a star for me,
[A#m7]I chose a star for him
[D#m]I chose two stars for my kids and
[B] one star for my wife
[C#]something made me smile.
[D#m]something seemed to ease[B] the pain,
[C#]something about the universe and
[D#m] how it's all connected[B] [A] [E]
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**[KEY CHANGE]**
[G]The park is full of Sunday fathers,
[D]and melted ice cream
[Em]We try to do the best within [C]the given time
[G]A kid should be with his mother,
[D]everybody knows that,
[Em]What can a father do but ba[C]by-sit sometimes.

[D]I saw that friend of mine, he said,
[Em] "you look di[C]fferent somehow."
I said,[D]"everybody's got to
[E]leave this darkness some[C]times."[C&D]I said,
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**[CHORUS]**
   [G]I'm so happy that I [G&F]can't stop crying,
   [Ebmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears,
   [Ebmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears[F]

   [G]I'm so happy that I [G&F]can't stop crying,
   [Ebmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears,
   [Ebmaj7]I'm laughing through my tears[F] [G]
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