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Patches chords by 
Clarence Carter
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Verse 1
G
I was born and raised
Bm
down in Alabama
F
On a farm way back up in the woods
I was so ragged that folks
used to call me Patches
C
G
F
Papa used to tease me about it
'Cause deep down inside
E
he was hurt
Am
D
'Cause he'd done all he could
Verse 2
C
My papa was a great old man
I can see him with a shovel in his hands,
D
see
C
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
Verse 3
Gm
Bb
had kick him down to the ground
C
When he tried to get up
G
Life would kick him back down
Bb
One day Papa called me to his dyin' bed
C
Put his hands on my shoulders
G
And in his tears he said
Verse 4
G
He said, Patches
Bm
I'm dependin' on you, son
G
Bm
G
To pull the family through
C
My son, it's all left up to
you
E
Am
D
Verse 5
C
Two days later Papa passed away, and
G
I became a man that day
D
So I told Mama I was gonna quit school,
C
but
She said that was Daddy's strictest rule
D
So
Verse 6
every mornin' 'fore I went to school
C
I fed the chickens and
I chopped wood too
G
Gm
Bb
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
C
G
I wanted to leave, just run away from home
But I would remember
Bb
what my daddy said
C
G
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
Verse 7
G
He said, Patches
Bm
I'm dependin' on you, son
G
I tried to do my best
C
It's up to you to do the rest
E
Am
G
Verse 8
Then one day a strong rain came
Bm
And washed all the crops away
G
Dm
Bb
Dm
And at the age of 13 I thought
G
C
I was carryin' the weight of the
Am
C
Whole world on my shoulders
G
E
A
And you know, Mama knew What I was goin' through,
D
'cause
Verse 9
Every day I had to work the fields
C
'Cause that's the only way
we got our meals
D
You see, I was the oldest of the family
C
And everybody else
D
depended on me
Every night I heard my Mama pray
C
Lord, give him the strength
to make another day
G
So years
Verse 10
have passed and
Bb
all the kids are grown
C
The an gels took Mama to
G
a brand new home
Bb
Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
C
But my daddy's voice kept
G
me through the years
Verse 11
G
Saying Patches,
Bm
I'm dependin' on you, son
G
To pull the family through
C
E
My son, it's all left up to you
Verse 12
Am
Oh, I can still hear Papa's
D
voice sayin'
G
Bm
Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
G
I've tried to do my best
C
E
It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 13
Am
D
I can still hear Papa, what he said
G
Bm
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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