Key: A major•
Verse 1
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C#m
I was born and raised down in Alabama
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Papa used to tease me about it,
Verse 2
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E
My papa was a great old man
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E
Education that he never had
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E
The little money from the crops we raised
Verse 3
On the day papa called me
Verse 4
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Patches
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D
My son, it's all left up
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to you
Verse 5
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E
Two days later papa passed away
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Everyday I had to work the fields
We got our meals
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See, I was the oldest of the family
Verse 6
Lord knows it took
Verse 7
He said
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Patches
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My son, it's all left up to you
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Verse 8
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C#dim
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
was in good spirits
When all of a sudden,
I was too young to understand
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here
into the hallway
out with tears in her eyes
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Your daddy want to see you"
Daddy had tears in his eyes
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But all of my life he'd been a proud man
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papa down to the ground
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Em
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And I ain't got nobody to turn to to
is promise me, son
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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
searchin' for a top where there ain't no top
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lazy
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But every time I feel like I can't
My mind goes back to that day when I see
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But most of all I remember his words, "Patches,
I'm dependin' on you, boy"
I hear his voice
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"Patches, Patches,
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Patches, Patches..."
Verse 9
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C#m
I'm depending on you, son
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Em
I've tried to do my best
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It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 10
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Patches
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Patches
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA C#m E C#dim D...
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C#m
E
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Am
Em
Capo: 2
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