Patches Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I was born and raised down in Alabama
On a farm way back up in the [C]woods
[Bm]You [Am]know I was so ragged
[E]folks used to call me [Am]Patches
[G]My daddy poked fun of me [D]but
Inside I [C]knew he was hurting cause
He couldn't do no [D]better[C]
[D]My papa was a great old man,
[C]I can see him with a shovel
in [D]his hand.
[C]I'm catching up, I'm catching up.
[D]See, education he never [C]had,
he went on to spend a times got [D]bad.
I'm gagging [C]a little here, I'm
choked up.
[D]The education he never had
[C]Worked wonders when the times got bad
The little [D]money from the crops he made
[C]Built the bills that way, baby
An[G]d life would knock him
[Bb]down to the ground
When he [C]tried to get up
Life would [G]knock him back down
One day he called me to his [Bb]dying bed
Put [C]his hands on my shoulders [G]said,
he said, Patches, I'm depending on your [Bm]son
To pull the family through
[G]My [F]son, it's all left up [C]to [E]you[Am]
[D]Two days later, Papa passed away
[C]And I became a man that day
[D]I told Mama I was gonna quit school
But [C]she said,
that was Daddy's strictest rule
[D]So every morning before I went to school
[C]I fed the chickens and I
chopped wood too
Sometimes [G]I felt like I c[Bb]ouldn't go on
Yeah, [C]I wanted to leave and
run [G]away from home
[F]But I [G]could still hear what [Bb]my daddy said
[C]With tears in his eyes, on his [G]iron bed
He said, Patches,
I'm depending on [Bm]you, son
I tried to do my be[F]st
It's up to you [C]to do the
rest guitar [E]so [Am]lo
[G]Then one day a strong rain came
and washed all the crops away
At the age of 13 I felt I [C]had the whole [Bm]weight
[Am]of the world on my shoulder[E]s
My [Am]mama knew what I
was goin' through
[D]Every day I had to work the fields
[C]It's the only way we had our meals
[D]You see, I was the oldest of the family
[C]Everybody else depended on me
[D]Every night I heard my mama pray
Lord, [C]give him the strength to
make it one more day
[G]Well, at least the planets
[Bb]and the kids are gone
The [C]angels come and take
[G]my brand new home
Lots of tears [Bb]I shed, yeah
But I [C]can still remember
what my [G]daddy said
He said, hey Jesus,
I'm depending on [Bm]you, son
to pull the family through
[F]My son, it's all lef[C]t up to you
[E]I can still hear m[Am]y
daddy [D]sayin'
[G]Patches, I'm dependin' on you [Bm]son,
I tried to do my [F]be st,
it's up to you [C]to do the rest
[E]Daddy, I hear [Am]you
Yes, I am, [D]Daddy![G]
I'm depending on [Bm]you, son
To pull the family [F]through
My son is all an[C]d all to [Am]you[C]
[G]Daddy! [C]Daddy!
[G]Oh, Daddy! piano & O[G]h! My life story.
It took a lot out of me.
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