Patches

Patches easy guitar chords by Dickey Lee

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  • Verse 1
    I was born 
    and 
    raised 
    down 

    in Alabama 

    On a farm 
    way back up in the 
    woods 

    I was 
    so ragged 
    that 
    folk
    s used 

    to call 
    me Patches 

    Papa used to 
    tease me about 
    it 

    'Cause 
    deep 
    down inside 
    he was 
    hurt 

    'Cause 
    he'd done 
    all he could 

    Verse 2
    My papa 
    was 
    a great 
    old man 

    can see him 
    with 
    shovel 
    in 
    his 
    hands, 

    see 

    Education 
    he 
    never 
    had 

    He 
    did 
    wonders 
    when 
    the 

    times 
    got 
    bad 

    The little 
    money 
    from 

    the crops 
    he raised 

    Barely 
    paid the 
    bills 
    we 
    made 

    Verse 3
    For, life 
    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
    He said, 
    Patches 

    I'm 
    dependin' 
    on you, son 

    To pull 
    the 
    family 
    through 

    My 
    son, 
    it's all left 
    up to you 

    Verse 5
    Two 
    days 
    later 
    Papa 
    passed 
    away, 

    and 

    I became 
    a man 
    that 
    day 

    So 
    told 
    Mama 
    was 
    gonna 
    quit 
    school, 

    but 

    She said 
    that 
    was 

    Daddy's 
    strictest 
    rule 

    Verse 6
    So 
    every mornin' 
    'fore 
    I went 
    to school 

    fed 
    the 
    chickens 

    and I chopped 
    wood too 

    Sometimes 
    I felt that 
    couldn't 
    go 
    on 

    I wanted 
    to 
    leave, just 
    run 
    away 
    from home 

    But 
    I would 
    re
    member what 

    my daddy 
    said 

    With tears in 
    his eyes on his 
    dyin' 
    bed 

    Verse 7
    He 
    said, 
    Patches 

    I'm dependin' 
    on 
    you, 
    son 

    I tried 
    to 
    do 
    my 
    best 

    It's up 
    to you 
    to 
    do the rest 

    Verse 8
    Then one 
    day 
    strong 
    rain 
    came 

    And 
    washed all the 
    crops away 

    And 
    at 
    the age of 
    13 I thought 

    was carryin' 
    the weight 
    of 
    the 

    Whole world 
    on my shoulders 

    And 
    you 
    know, 
    Mama 
    knew 

    What 
    I was goin' 
    through, 
    'cause 

    Verse 9
    Every 
    day 
    I had 
    to 
    work the 
    field

    'Cause 
    that's 
    the only 
    way 

    we 
    got 
    our 
    meals 

    You see, I 
    was 
    the 
    oldest 

    of the 
    family 

    And everybody 
    else 

    depended 
    on 
    me 

    Every night I 
    heard 
    my Mama 
    pray 

    Lord, 
    give 
    him 
    the 
    strength 

    Verse 10
    to make another 
    day 

    So 
    years have 
    passed 
    and 

    all the kids 
    are grown 

    The 
    angels took 
    Mama to 

    a brand new 
    home 

    Lord 
    knows, people, 
    I shed
    ded tears 

    But 
    my daddy's voice 

    kept me through 
    the years 

    Verse 11
    Sing, 
    Patches, 

    I'm 
    dependin' 
    on you, 
    son 

    To 
    pull the 
    fam
    ily through 

    My 
    son, 
    it's all left 
    up 
    to 
    you 

    Verse 12
    Oh, 
    I can still 
    hear 
    Papa's 

    voice sayin' 

    Patches, 
    I'm 
    depend
    in' 
    on 
    you, 

    son 

    I've tried 
    to do 
    my best 

    It's 
    up 
    to 
    you 
    to 
    do the 
    rest 

    Verse 13
    I can 
    still hear Papa, 
    what he said 

    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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