Randall Knife Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
My father had [C]a Randall knife,
[F]my mother gave it to [Gsus4]him[G]
When he went off to World War
[F]II to save us all [C]from ruin

[Verse 2]
[C]
Now if you've ever held a Randall knife,
[F]then you know my father [G]well
If a better blade was ever [F]made
it was probably forged [C]in hell

[Verse 3]
My father was a good man,
[F]a lawyer by his tra[G]de
And only once did I ever [F]see
him misuse the [C]blade

[Verse 4]
[C]
Well, it almost took his thumb off
[F]when he took it for a t[G]ool
The knife was made for darker things,
[F]and you could not bend [C]the rules

[Verse 5]
[C]
He let me take it camping [F]once
on a Boy Scout jamboree
[Gsus4]And I bro[G]ke a half an inch off,
trying [F]to stick it in a tree
[C]

[Verse 6]
Oh, I hid it from him for [F]a while but
the knife and he were [G]one
He put it in his bottom drawer
[F]without a hard wor[C]d one

[Verse 7]
[C]
And there it slept, there [F]it stayed for
20 some odd [Gsus4]years[G]
Sorta like Excalibur, [F]except waiting for a tear
[C]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 8]
Well, my father [C]died when I [F]was 40, and I
couldn't find a way [G]to cry
Not because I didn't love him,
[F]not because he didn't try
[C]

[Verse 9]
I've cried for every lesser thing,
[F]whiskey, pain and bea[G]uty
And he deserved a better tear,
[F]and I was not quite rea[C]dy

[Verse 10]
[C]
Oh, we took his ashes out to sea [F]and
poured 'em off [G]the stern
And threw the roses in [F]the wake of
everything we'd learned
[C]

[Verse 11]
When we got back to the house,
[F]they asked me what I wan[G]ted
Not the lawbooks, not the watch,
[F]I need the thi[C]ng he's haunted

[Verse 12]
[C]
Well, my hand burned for the Randall [G]knife
[F]there in the bottom dra[Gsus4]wer[G]
I found a tear for my father's life,
[F]all that it stood for[C]

[Outro 1]
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