Bella

Eva Hamer

F#m7                           Bm7
I would have named you Bella If you were still with me
Em7                                       A7
I would have found a place for you and your entire family
F#m7                           B7
I cried so when I left you in the dirt and in the dark
Em7                                       A7
Forgive me that I could not spare you couldn’t set you free

I would have named you Bella, I would have kept you safe
If there was any way at all to spare you from that place
Where your children were all taken after 17 short days
Although they knew you loved them they never knew your embrace

Dmaj7/D-F#
Bella I’m sorry
Bella we promise
Dmaj7/F#         A
Your daughter’s happy now
            Dmaj7/D-F#
She’s growing up free
              A
Madison’s happy now
          Dmaj7/D-F#
She’s safe with me

You would have left together, but there were five seats in the car
And only she was small enough to be carried out that far
So we just rescued your daughter and I promise you she’s safe
Protected from the moment that she passed over the gate

Bella I think you’re dead now, and I rage against the crime
That you who had so many children had so little time
Bella there is no justice and I cannot stop your tears
But hear me that they’ll all be free in less than 40 years