Dad chords by Carl Bell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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57 Chevy, mom
and three kids in the back
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Me on your lap, driving church to home
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Your hand was always there
to catch me if I drifted
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Steer me to right when I was bound for wrong
I knew love and I knew the belts
But I never doubted love you felt
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As you nurtured my little life along
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Playful with my mother, sister,
and my brothers
And your young family
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grew up proud and  strong
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And dad, I thank you
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And dad, I've tried
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I'll always hold you, proud in my eyes
I watched and learned your ways
As I handed you those wrenches
As you worked to keep
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that old truck going
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And I see you cross the fields
that you've come to take your
turn on that old John Deere
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and that dirt you love to roam
I saw pain and love when God
took my older brother
and your precious son
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to an early home
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And that very next Thanksgiving
and his play setting that was
missing and that empty chair
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and how he cried while we kept  on
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And dad I thank you, dad I've tried
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And I'll always hold you,
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proud in my eyes
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Your word was good as gold,
just like your reputation
And I found the name,
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you kept it clean and strong
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You taught me strength and honor,
integrity and spirit
And duty and what was right
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and what was wrong
Sometimes now looking back,
I don't know how you did it
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That old job and all those miles at home
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But I'm thankful that you did it
And one day hope that I could say
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I did it just like you did on my own
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And Dad, I thank you
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And Dad, I've tried
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And I'll always hold you
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proud in my eyes
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Dad, I thank you
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And Dad, I've tried
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And I only hope to be
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Proud in your eyes
You