The Key to Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I'd [D]love
to hear my daddy play [G]once again
All [D]the songs that he taught
me when I [A]was a kid
John [D]Henry, Ol' Shep an[G]d Faded Love
I Fall [D]To Pieces and [A]On
The Wings [D]Of A Dove

[Verse 2]
Just [D]a few chords on the banjo
that was [G]all he knew
But in the [D]eyes of a child,
man his fin[A]gers flew
I [D]practiced and I practiced
til [G]I got it right
[D]Packed up [A]everything and just took
[D]off one night

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
I [D]made it from the beer joints
to the [G]Opry stage
[D]He said the only difference is
what you're [A]gettin' paid
[D]He didn't care that everybody
knew [G]my name
[D]He said it's all for [A]nothin'
if you don't [D]stay the same

[Verse 4]
But [D]when he died the preacher cried
and [G]said he's the lucky one
He's [D]walkin' hand in hand in
hand with God's [A]only son
My [D]faith and common sense tell
me the [G]preacher's right
But I'd [D]love to hear the [A]ban
jo ring for me [D]tonight

[Verse 5]
And I will [G]honor my father with
these [D]words I write down
As [G]long as I remember him he'll
[D]al ways be [A]around
And [D]the pain of losin' him
cuts like a [G]Randall knife
I learned [D]a few chords on the
[A]banjo as the key [D]to life

[Verse 6]
And the [D]pain of losin' him cuts
like a [G]Randall knife
I learned [D]a few chords on the ban[A]jo as the key
[D]to life

[Outro 1]
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