Once up (Bm)on a time,
there was a (F#7sus)girl.
In her (Bm)ear ly years,
she had to (F#7sus)learn
how to (Bm)grow up liv ing in a (Gmaj7)war that she called (F#7sus)home;
nev er (Bm)knew just where to turn for shel ter from the storm.
It hurt me to see the pain
a cross my moth er’s face
ev ’ry time my fa ther’s fist would put her in her place.
Hear ing all the yell ing, I would (Bm)cry up in my room,
hop ing it would be o ver (F#)soon.
Bruis es fade, fa ther, but the (D)pain re mains the same,
and I still re mem ber how you (D)kept me so a fraid.
Strength is my moth er for all the (D)love she gave.
And ev ’ry (A)morn ing that I wake,
I look (Em)back at yes ter day,
and I’m O (Bm)K.
I of ten (Bm)won der why
I car ry all this (F#7sus)guilt,
when it’s (Bm)you that helped me put up all these (F#7sus)walls I built.
Shad ows stir at night through a (Bm)crack in the door,
the ech o of a bro ken child scream ing, “Please, no more.”
Dad dy, don’t you un der stand the (Bm)dam age you have done?
For you it’s just a mem o ry, but for (F#)me, it still lives on.
(Em)back at yes ter day...
It’s not so eas y to for get
all the marks you left
a long her neck;
when I was thrown a gainst cold stairs;
and ev ’ry day, a fraid to (Am)come home, in fear of
what I might (F#)see
next.
Bruis es fade, fa ther, but the (D)pain re mains the same,
and I still re mem ber how you (D)kept me so a fraid.
Strength is my moth er for all the (D)love she gave.
And ev ’ry (A)morn ing that I wake,
I look (Em)back at yes ter day,
and I’m O (Bm)K.
Mm,
I’m O (Bm)K.
This page shows “I'm Ok” by Christina Aguilera in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of B at 68 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.