My father smoked his pipe Chords

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[Verse 1]
While [D]my father smoked his pipe
and my [A]mother knitted [D]things
I wasn't always into seeing things,
[G]it took me quite [D]a while
To travel till I cherished every [A]mile
I remem[D]ber asking questions
[G]early in the [D]game
While my father smoked his pipe
and my [A]mother knitted [D]things
And my brother took a liking
to [G]the life we'd
[D]And my sister let some
singer put her [A]on
Then [G]leave her with a [A]young 'un
And a [D]lot of shattered [G]dreams
While my [D]father smoked his pipe
And my [A]mother knitted [D]things
And the [G]factories pumped their [A]poison
And the [D]people prayed for [G]peace

[Verse 2]
While [G]their sons and daughters
Searched for new relief
[A]

[Verse 3]
And the [G]workers paid the [A]taxes

[Verse 4]
And the [D]salaries of the [G]king

[Verse 5]
While my [D]father smoked his pipe

[Verse 6]
And my [A]mother knitted [D]things
[E]

[Verse 7]
And the reason for believin'

[Verse 8]
[A]slowly through the [E]change

[Verse 9]
There were [E]laws
that laws were made to rearrange
[B]

[Verse 10]
There were [A]cycles within [B]cycles
[E]And the gifts the poets [A]sprang
While my [E]father smoked his pipe
And my [B]mother knitted [E]things
And a [A]million marching [B]men or more
Kept [E]moving through the [A]maze
To the beat of just one
drummer in those [B]days.
And so [A]very few would [B]ever learn
to [E]hear the songs we [A]sing.
While their fathers smoked [E]their pipes
and [B]their mothers knitted [E]things.
Yes, my father smoked his pipe
And my [B]mother knitted [A]things[E]
I wasn't [E]always into seeing things
It took [A]me quite a while