Let Me Be The Man My Daddy Was chords by
The Chi-lites

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Key: C major

Intro 1

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C

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Em

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C

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Verse 1

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He's worth more

Em

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C

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Than every star in the sky

Em

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With that look of forgiveness

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That's always in his eyes

Verse 2

G

G

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He works so hard

F

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But gentle as a lamb

Dm

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G

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He gave up so much

F

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To make me just what I am and, oh

Verse 3

G

G

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Oh, let me be

Em

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F

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G

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C

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The man my daddy was

G

G

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Em

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Oh, let me be

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The man my daddy was

Verse 4

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When I was young

Em

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G

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Sometimes foolishly I played

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Em

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G

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But he reached out and, oh

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Showed me the way

Verse 5

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Now he's only human

And bound to make mistakes

But it was all right

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By the moment I would awake and, oh

Verse 6

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Oh, let me be

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G

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C

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The man my daddy was

G

G

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Oh, let me be

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The man my daddy was

Verse 7
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Sometimes I   hope
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I   don't live to see the day
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When he reaches down
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And take them both away
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Verse 8
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And look at my children
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Sometimes foolishly they play
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Let me live long enough
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Let me show them the way

Verse 9
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My clothes were sometimes untidy
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And that bed was never
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made
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But mom and dad would
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scold me good
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Never doubted I've made
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the grade

Verse 10
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But now that I'm a  man
I ask the Lord up above
Please let me raise
my children right
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And be the man my daddy was and, oh

Verse 11

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Em

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Oh, let me be

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The man my daddy was

G

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Oh, let me be

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The man my daddy was

Verse 12

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He was a good man

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He was a poor man

Oh, let me be

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