Patches chords by Clarence Carter

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Verse 1
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I was born and raised
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down in Alabama
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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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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
D 
The little money from
C 
the crops he raised
Barely paid the bills we made
G 
For, life

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Verse 3

had kick him down to the ground

When he tried to get up

Life would kick him back down

One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed

Put his hands on my shoulders

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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To pull the family through
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My son, it's all left up to
you
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D 

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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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
G 
He said, Patches
Bm 
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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Verse 8
Then one day a strong rain came
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And washed all the crops away
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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
C 
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

Saying Patches,

I'm dependin' on you, son

To pull the family through

My son, it's all left up to you

Verse 12
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Oh, I can still hear Papa's
D 
voice sayin'
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Bm 
Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
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I've tried to do my best
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E 
It's up to you to do the rest