Kelly Clarkson - Piece By Piece       (Idol Version)
Capo 1st 


Verse 1
            
 And all I rem

             
ember is your 

 
back
            
 Walking towar

              
ds the airport

             
 leaving us al

           
l in your past
             
 I traveled fi

              
fteen hundred 

            
miles to see y

  
ou
             
 I begged you 

            
to want me but

              
 you didn’t wa

  
nt to
 

Chorus
             
 But piece by 

              
piece he colle

           
cted me up off

 the ground wh

ere you abando

n things
            
 Piece by piec

              
e he filled th

              
e holes that y

             
ou burned in m

            
e at six years

   
 old
       
 You know, he 

never walks aw

ay, he never a

sks for money
          
 He takes care

      
 of me, he lov

es me
            
 Piece by piec

              
e he restores 

              
my faith that 

   
a man can be k

ind
              
 And a father 

           
could stay


Verse 2
            
 And all of yo

             
ur words fall 

           
flat
            
 I made someth

              
ing of myself 

             
and now you wa

                      
nna come back
             
 But your love

            
 it isn’t free

              
, it has to be

  
 earned
             
 Back then I d

              
idn’t have any

            
thing you need

           
ed so I was wo

rthless


Chorus
             
 But piece by 

              
piece he colle

           
cted me up off

 the ground wh

ere you abando

n things
            
 Piece by piec

              
e he filled th

              
e holes that y

             
ou burned in m

            
e at six years

   
 old
       
 You know, he 

never walks aw

ay, he never a

sks for money
          
 He takes care

      
 of me, he lov

es me
            
 Piece by piec

              
e he restored 

              
my faith that 

   
a man can be k

ind
              
 And a father 

             
could stay, pi

            
ece by piece





Chorus
  
 Piece by piec

e I fell far f

rom the tree
          
 I would never

 leave her lik

e you left me 

and
  
 She will neve

r have to wond

er her worth
             
 Because unlik

              
e you I’m gonn

            
a put her firs

            
t and you know

 He’ll never w

alk away, he’l

l never break 

her heart
           
 He’ll take ca

           
re of things, 

he’ll love her
            
 Piece by piec

              
e he'll restor

              
e my faith tha

     
t a man can be

 kind
                              
 And a father should be great

           
 Piece by piec

             
e, piece by pi

    
ece