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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Bm

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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F#m

Part of me wants to tear it down
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E

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And let it drown in the river
F#m
F#m

Forget the inevitable
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E

A
A

And pretend that heroes live forever
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D

Part of me wants to buy it
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E

F#m
F#m

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

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make dad young again
F#m
F#m

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E

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

I'm tryna take it like a man
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D

F#m
F#m

but I'm taking it like a son
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Taking it like a son
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Verse 5
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Bm

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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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F#m

Verse 6
Part of me wants to tear it down
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E

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And let it drown in the river
F#m
F#m

Forget the inevitable
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E

A
A

And pretend that heroes live forever
D
D

Part of me wants to buy it
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E

F#m
F#m

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

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A

make dad young again
F#m
F#m

E
E

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

I'm tryna take it like a man
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D

F#m
F#m

but I'm taking it like a son
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E

Taking it like a son

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