Patches chords by
George Jones
B.b. King

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Verse 1
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I was born and raised down in Alabama
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on a farm way back up in the woods
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Oh I was so ragged folks
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used to call me "Patches" P
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Papa used to tease me about it,
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but deep down inside dad was hurtin'
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'Cause he'd done the best he could

Verse 2
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My papa was a great old man
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I can see him with a shovel in his hand
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Education that he never had
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But he did wonders when the times got bad
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The little money from the crops we raised
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Barely paid the bills we made

Verse 3
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Oh life whipped him
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Down to the ground
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When he tried to get up
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Life would kick him back down
On the day papa called me
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To his dyin' bed
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Placed his hand on my shoulders
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And in tears he said

Verse 4
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
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To pull the family through
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My son, it's all left up
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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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Everyday I had to work the fields
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'Cause that's the only way
We got our meals
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See, I was the oldest of the family
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And everybody was depending on me

Verse 6
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Now the years have passed
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And everybody's grown
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Mama's been livin'
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In a brand new home
Lord knows it took
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A lot of sweat and tears
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And my daddy's voice
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To help us through the years

Verse 7
He said
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Patches
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I'm depending 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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Verse 8
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Daddy had been sick for a long time,
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flat on his back
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Every evenin' af     ter we'd finish
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our chores and eat our dinner
We'd all go into papa's
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room to cheer him up a little
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And this particular day dad
was in good spirits
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Sittin' on the side of the bed, tellin'
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mama how good she looked
When all of a sudden,
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papa had a pain in his chest
I was too young to understand
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Talkin' about a heart attack
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here
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Mama rushed us all out of the room
into the hallway
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About ten minutes later she came
out with tears in her eyes
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She called out to me, "Patches,
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Patches, get in here, boy
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Your daddy want to see you"
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I went runnin' into papa's room,
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there papa lay
Daddy had tears in his eyes
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I knew something was wrong,
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daddy was a poor man
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But all of my life   he'd been a proud man
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I knelt down on one knee beside the bed
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Papa put his hand on my shoulder
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He said, "Patches, Patches, boy
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The hammer of life done beat your old
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papa down to the ground
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And I ain't got nobody to turn   to to
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take care of mama and the younger
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So what I want you to do
is promise me, son
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Is that you're gonna do your best to
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help your mama as much as you can"
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I said, "Papa,
I'm gonna do my best"
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But little did I know then like I know now
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That tryin' to climb life's mountains
searchin' for a top where there ain't no top
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Sometimes you find yourself frustrated,
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lazy
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But every time I feel like I can't
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live my life like I want to
My mind goes back to that day when I see
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those tears in my daddy's eyes
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But most of all I remember his words, "Patches,
I'm dependin' on you, boy"
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Every time I feel like givin' up,
I hear his voice
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"Patches, Patches,
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Patches, Patches..."

Verse 9

I'm depending on you, son

I've tried to do my best

It's up to you to do the rest

Verse 10
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
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I've tried to do my best
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It's up to you to do the rest
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Patches
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I'm depending 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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