father and friend Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][Am][C][D][G][Am]
[C]
[D]Oh papa

[Verse 1]
[G]sit [Am]down,
and [C]hear my song
[D]Oh and if you[G] feel like it[Am]
then [C]please sing along
[D]No nothing[G] that I wanna [Am]say,
[C]I haven't said before
[D]But to use you[G]r words,[Am]
you can nev[C]er be to sure
[D]See, [C]even though
I don't always [D]show,
I'm glad that you're [G]along[Am][C]
Said I'm [D]glad that your're around
[G][C]

[Verse 2]
[D]Oh son[G]ny, so str[Am]ange, to hea[C]r and see
[D]That someone so [G]different[Am] is,
[C]a soul like me
[D]You may hav[G]e gone rig[Am]ht,
where I would [C]have gone left
[D]But son, tha[G]t's alright,
[Am]I will always [C]have your back
[D]See eve[C]n though,
I don't always [D]show
I'm proud of you, my [G]son[Am][C]
[D]Old days,

[Verse 3]
[C#m]and all of[F#dim] the new want[Am]
[F]ing to be like you[Esus4][E]

[Verse 4]
[A]Every time I look at [B]you (oh yeah)
I see my[D]self
I'm so [E]proud of you
[A]For you help make me what I am
[B]A better man[D]
I'm just so proud of you

[Verse 5]
Oh dad, [G]your views in [Am]life,
tell [C]me how they came to be
[D]Well see, I did[G]n't know my fat[Am]her
[C]like the way that you know me
[D]Dane: son, lif[G]e is just too sho[Am]rt,
for us [C]to never be in [D]touch
That's [G]why I want to tell [Am]you
that I [C]love you very much
[D]Oh eve[C]n though, I don't always sho[F]w
You [Esus4]know[E]
[D]Oh and I want [A]you to know that

[Verse 6]
Every time I look at [B]you (oh yeah)
I see my[D]self
I'm so [Esus4]proud of [E]you
[A]For you help make me what I [B]am
A better [D]man
I'm just so proud of you

[Verse 7]
I'm [C#m]here and I'll b[F#dim]e if I can
A [F]father an[Am]d a f[Esus4]riend
[E][F#sus4][B][C#]
[E]

[Verse 8]
[E]Every [B]time I look at you
Every time I look at [C#]you (what you see?)
I see my[E]self (oh yeah)
And I'm so [F#]proud of you
For [B]you help make me what I [C#]am
Son and [E]a friend
I'm just so [F#]proud of you

[Verse 9]
[B]You know that one day too
[C#]I'll be walking in your shoes
[E]Yeah and I know that you'll do fine
[F#]'Cause you're a son of mine
[B]Oh hey papa tell me what you've learned
[C#]So that I don't get my fingers burned
[E]Son you'll see that as you go
[F#]You'll make mistakes of your own
[B]But that's okay man
See you [C#]live and you learn
You [E]live and you learn

[Outro 1]
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[C#][E][F#]
[B][C#][E][F#]
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