He Didn't Have To Be
He Didn't Have To Be

He Didn't Have To Be easy guitar chords by Brad Paisley

1999•Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    When 
    a 
    single 
    mom 
    goes 
    out 
    on 
    a 
    date 

    with 
    somebody 
    new 

    It 
    always 
    winds 
    up 
    feelin' 
    more 

    like 
    a 
    job 
    inter
    view 

    My 
    momma 
    used 
    to 
    wonder 

    if 
    she'd 
    ever 
    meet 
    someone 

    Who 
    would
    n't 
    find 
    out 
    about 
    me 

    and 
    then 
    turn 
    around 
    and 
    run 

    Verse 2
    I 
    met 
    the 
    man 
    I 
    call 
    my 
    dad 

    when 
    I 
    was 
    five 
    years 
    old 

    He 
    took 
    my 
    mom 
    out 
    to 
    a 
    movie 

    and 
    for 
    once 
    I 
    got 
    to 
    go 

    A 
    few 
    months 
    later 
    I 
    remember 

    lyin' 
    there 
    in 
    bed 

    I 
    over
    heard 
    him 
    pop 
    the 
    question 

    and 
    I 
    prayed 
    that 
    she'd 
    say 
    yes 

    Chorus 1
    And 
    then 
    all 
    of 
    a 
    sudden, 

    oh, 
    it 
    seemed 
    so 
    strange 
    to 
    me 

    How 
    we 
    went 
    from 
    something's 
    missin' 

    to 
    a 
    family 

    Lookin' 
    back 
    all 
    I 
    can 
    say 

    a
    bout 
    all 
    the 
    things 
    he 
    did 

    for 
    me 

    Is 
    I 
    hope 
    I'm 
    at 
    least 
    half 
    the 
    dad 

    that 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 


    Verse 3
    I 
    met 
    the 
    girl 
    that's 
    now 
    my 
    wife 

    a
    bout 
    three 
    years 
    ago 

    We 
    had 
    the 
    perfect 
    marriage 

    but 
    we 
    wanted 
    somethin' 
    more 

    Now 
    here 
    I 
    stand 

    surrounded 
    by 
    our 
    family 
    and 
    friends 

    Crowded 
    'round 
    the 
    nursery 
    window 

    as 
    they 
    bring 
    the 
    baby 
    in 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    now 
    all 
    of 
    a 
    sudden, 

    oh, 
    it 
    seems 
    so 
    strange 
    to 
    me 

    How 
    we've 
    gone 
    from 
    something's 
    missin' 

    to 
    a 
    family 

    Lookin' 
    through 
    the 
    glass 
    I 
    think 

    a
    bout 
    the 
    man 
    that's 
    standin' 
    next 

    to 
    me 

    And 
    I 
    hope 
    I'm 
    at 
    least 
    half 
    the 
    dad 

    Interlude 1
    that 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 



    Chorus 3
    And 
    lookin' 
    back 
    all 
    I 
    can 
    say 

    a
    bout 
    all 
    the 
    things 
    he 
    did 

    for 
    me 

    Is 
    I 
    hope 
    I'm 
    at 
    least 
    half 
    the 
    dad 

    that 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 

    Yeah, 
    I 
    hope 
    I'm 
    at 
    least 
    half 
    the 
    dad 

    that 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 

    Because 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 

    You 
    know 
    he 
    didn't 
    have 
    to 
    be 

    Outro 1


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