To Be A Dad Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Ab][F][C][F][C]
[F]

[Verse 1]
[C](Dif
ford Tilbrook)
I lost the children
But they can [Dm]be found
[Am]Home in a red house just [E]across town[Fm]
[C]Sitting in boxes
Of opened [B]up toys
[Em]Watching The Simpsons
And [Bb]making some [F]noise
[F#m]I lost the [C#m]children
[G]But they're in great [D]hands
When [F#m]I cook the [C#m]dinners
Right [G]out of [C]tin [F]cans[C][F]
[C]I lost the children
And I have [Dm]to pay
[Am]Some heavy duty on life
[F]everyday
[C]Cupboards need filling
With deadlines [B]to meet
[Em]Here in my cheque book
[Bb]My fountain pen [F]weeps
I [F#m]should be [C#m]thankful
[G]And thankful am [D]I
I went [F#m]to the [C#m]cleaners
And [G]came back with my
[D]life[G]
[D][Em][D][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]
[Em]For a mome[D]nt it all
looked so grim
It looked like [G]I would [D]not get a [Em]thing
For a [D]moment it all looked so sad
But now it's [G]so good [D]to be a dad
[F#m][C#m][G]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Ab][F][C]
[F]

[Verse 3]
[C]I lost the children
They haven't [Dm]lost me
[Am]We're still together and happy [F]to be
[C]Out in the summer
On beaches [B]in parks
[Em]Home in the winter and [Bb]up with the l[F]arks
[F#m]I should be than[C#m]kful
And [G]thankful am [D]I
I [F#m]went to t[C#m]he cleaners
And came [G]back with my
[D]life

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[Em]From

[Verse 4]
[D]pushchairs to games
of football
My back [G]was [D]against every [Em]wall
[G]For a [D]moment it all looked so sad
But now [G]it's so good [D]to be [Em]a dad

[Verse 5]
For a [D]moment it all looked so grim
It [G]looked like I would [D]not get [Em]a thing
[G]For a [D]mo ment it all looked so sad
But now [G]it's so good [D]to be a dad
[F#m]I lost the children

[Verse 6]
[C#m]
They [G]haven't lost [D]me

[Outro 1]
[D][D][D]
[D]