Patches chords by
Dickey Lee
Dickey Lee

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Key: G major
Verse 1
G
G

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C
C

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I was born and raised down
in Alabama
On a farm way back up in the woods
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F

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I was so ragged that folks used
to call me Patches
Papa used to tease me about it
C
C

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'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
'Cause he'd done all he could
Verse 2
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My papa was a great old man
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G
G

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I can see him with a shovel in his hands,
see
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Em
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F
F

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Education he never had
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C

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He did wonders when the
times got bad
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G

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The little money from
the crops he raised
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C

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Ab
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Barely paid the bills we made
Verse 3
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For, life had kick him down to the ground
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Gb

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Db
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When he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
One day Papa called me
Gb
Gb

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to his dyin' bed
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Db
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Put his hands on my shoulders
Fm
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And in his tears he said
Verse 4
Gb
Gb

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He said, Patches
I'm dependin' on you, son
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Db

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To pull the family through
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My son, it's all left up to you
Verse 5
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Two days later Papa passed away,
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and
I became a man that day
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Db
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So I told Mama I was gonna quit school,
but
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She said that was
Bbm
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Daddy's strictest rule
Verse 6
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So every mornin' 'fore I went to school
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A
A

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I fed the chickens
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D

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and I chopped wood too
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
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G

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I wanted to leave, just run away from home
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D

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But I would remember what
my daddy said
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
Verse 7
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D

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He said, Patches
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I'm dependin' on you, son
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A

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I tried to do my best
D
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It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 8
F#m
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Then one day a strong rain came
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And washed all the crops away
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, 'cause
Verse 9
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Eb
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Every day I had to work the fields
'Cause that's the only way
we got our meals
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Ab

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Bb
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You see, I was the oldest
of the family
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And everybody else
depended on me
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Every night I heard my Mama pray
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Lord, give him the strength
Verse 10
to make another day
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So years have passed and
all the kids are grown
The angels took Mama to
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a brand new home
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Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
But my daddy's voice
kept me through the years
Verse 11
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Sing, 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
Verse 12
Oh, I can still hear Papa's
voice sayin'
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Patches, I'm dependin' on you,
son
I've tried to do my best
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Cm
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It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 13
Cm
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I can still hear Papa, what he said
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Eb

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Bb
Bb

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Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
To pull the family through
Ab
Ab

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Eb
Eb

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Fm
Fm

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My son, it's all left up to you

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