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Clarence Carter
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Key: B major•
Verse 1
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I was born and raised
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down in Alabama
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A

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On a farm way back up in the woods
I was so ragged that folks
used to call me Patches
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B
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Papa used to tease me about it
'Cause deep down inside
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he was hurt
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'Cause he'd done all he could
Verse 2
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My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hands,
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see
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Education he never had
He did wonders when the times got bad
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The little money from
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the crops he raised
Barely paid the bills we made
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For, life
Verse 3
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had kick him down to the ground
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When he tried to get up
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Life would kick him back down
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One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
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Put his hands on my shoulders
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And in his tears he said
Verse 4
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He said, Patches
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I'm dependin' on you, son
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D#m
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To pull the family through
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My son, it's all left up to
you
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C#m
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Verse 5
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Two days later Papa passed away, and
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I became a man that day
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So I told Mama I was gonna quit school,
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but
She said that was Daddy's strictest rule
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So
Verse 6
every mornin' 'fore I went to school
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I fed the chickens and
I chopped wood too
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Bm
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Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
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I wanted to leave, just run away from home
But I would remember
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what my daddy said
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With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
Verse 7
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He said, Patches
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I'm dependin' on you, son
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I tried to do my best
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It's up to you to do the rest
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C#m
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B
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Verse 8
Then one day a strong rain came
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And washed all the crops away
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F#m
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D
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F#m
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And at the age of 13 I thought
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I was carryin' the weight of the
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Whole world on my shoulders
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And you know, Mama knew What I was goin' through,
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'cause
Verse 9
Every day I had to work the fields
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'Cause that's the only way
we got our meals
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You see, I was the oldest of the family
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And everybody else
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depended on me
Every night I heard my Mama pray
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Lord, give him the strength
to make another day
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So years
Verse 10
have passed and
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all the kids are grown
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The an gels took Mama to
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a brand new home
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Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
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But my daddy's voice kept
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me through the years
Verse 11
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Saying Patches,
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I'm dependin' on you, son
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To pull the family through
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G#
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My son, it's all left up to you
Verse 12
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C#m
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Oh, I can still hear Papa's
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voice sayin'
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D#m
D#m
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Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
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I've tried to do my best
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G#
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It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 13
C#m
C#m
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F#
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I can still hear Papa, what he said
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D#m
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Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
To pull the family through
My son, it's all left up to you

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