Dad's Sailboat chords by
Walker Hayes
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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There's a "For Sale" sign
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on my dad's sailboat
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Don't even ask mom why
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'cause I already know
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Yeah, I knew he'd get old,
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but I don't know, I guess
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Had no idea it was gonna
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hurt like this
Verse 2
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We used to see who could hug the tightest
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and I couldn't take him
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Now I barely even squeeze 'cause I
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feel like I'm gon' break him
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Bet he wonders why it takes
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me so long to let go
There's a "For Sale" sign
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on my dad's sailboat
Verse 3
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Part of me wants to tear it down
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And let it drown in the river
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Forget the inevitable
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And pretend that heroes live forever
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Part of me wants to buy it
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And keep it like I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
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make dad young again
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Tears don't care if I don't
want 'em to come
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I'm tryna take it like a man
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but I'm taking it like a son
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Taking it like a son
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Verse 4
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His hands shake just like his dad's did
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When he was my age and
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I was just a kid
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You can tell in that cellphone
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number that he wrote
On that "For Sale" sign on my
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dad's sailboat
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Fm

Part of me wants to tear it down
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Eb

Ab
Ab

And let it drown in the river
Fm
Fm

Forget the inevitable
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

And pretend that heroes live forever
Db
Db

Part of me wants to buy it
Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

And keep it like I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
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Eb

Ab
Ab

make dad young again
Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

Tears don't care if I don't
want 'em to come
Ab
Ab

I'm tryna take it like a man
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Db

Fm
Fm

but I'm taking it like a son
Eb
Eb

Taking it like a son
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Ab

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Verse 5
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Eb
Eb

Fm
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Guess I saw it coming, I just acted blind
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Like my dad could beat up Father Time
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Verse 6
Part of me wants to tear it down
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Eb

Ab
Ab

And let it drown in the river
Fm
Fm

Forget the inevitable
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

And pretend that heroes live forever
Db
Db

Part of me wants to buy it
Eb
Eb

Fm
Fm

And keep it like I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

make dad young again
Fm
Fm

Eb
Eb

Tears don't care if I don't
want 'em to come
Ab
Ab

I'm tryna take it like a man
Db
Db

Fm
Fm

but I'm taking it like a son
Eb
Eb

Taking it like a son

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