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Patches chords by 
Todd Rundgren 
N/A•
Key: B major•BPM: 81
Verse 1
G
I was born and raised down in Alabama
C
On a farm way back up in the woods
Bm
Am
You know I was so ragged
E
Am
folks used to call me Patches
G
D
My daddy poked fun of me but
C
Inside I knew he was hurting cause
D
C
He couldn't do no better
D
My papa was a great old man,
C
I can see him with a shovel
D
in his hand.
C
I'm catching up, I'm catching up.
D
C
See, education he never had,
D
he went on to spend a times got bad.
C
I'm gagging a little here, I'm
choked up.
D
The education he never had
C
Worked wonders when the times got bad
D
The little money from the crops he made
C
Built the bills that way, baby
G
And life would knock him
Bb
down to the ground
C
When he tried to get up
G
Life would knock him back down
Bb
One day he called me to his dying bed
C
G
Put his hands on my shoulders said,
Bm
he said, Patches, I'm depending on your son
To pull the family through
G
F
C
E
Am
My son, it's all left up to you
D
Two days later, Papa passed away
C
And I became a man that day
D
I told Mama I was gonna quit school
C
But she said,
that was Daddy's strictest rule
D
So every morning before I went to school
C
I fed the chickens and I
chopped wood too
G
Bb
Sometimes I felt like I couldn't go on
C
Yeah, I wanted to leave and
G
run away from home
F
G
Bb
But I could still hear what my daddy said
C
G
With tears in his eyes, on his iron bed
He said, Patches,
Bm
I'm depending on you, son
F
I tried to do my best
C
It's up to you to do the
E
Am
rest guitar so lo
G
Then one day a strong rain came
and washed all the crops away
C
Bm
At the age of 13 I felt I had the whole weight
Am
E
of the world on my shoulders
Am
My mama knew what I
was goin' through
D
Every day I had to work the fields
C
It's the only way we had our meals
D
You see, I was the oldest of the family
C
Everybody else depended on me
D
Every night I heard my mama pray
C
Lord, give him the strength to
make it one more day
G
Well, at least the planets
Bb
and the kids are gone
C
The angels come and take
G
my brand new home
Bb
Lots of tears I shed, yeah
C
But I can still remember
G
what my daddy said
He said, hey Jesus,
Bm
I'm depending on you, son
to pull the family through
F
C
My son, it's all left up to you
E
Am
I can still hear my
D
daddy sayin'
G
Bm
Patches, I'm dependin' on you son,
F
I tried to do my be st,
C
it's up to you to do the rest
E
Am
Daddy, I hear you
D
G
Yes, I am, Daddy!
Bm
I'm depending on you, son
F
To pull the family through
C
Am
C
My son is all and all to you
G
C
Daddy! Daddy!
G
G
Oh, Daddy! piano & Oh! My life story.
It took a lot out of me.
Gilbert and Sullivan.
What? Gilbert and Sullivan.
It's my birthday.
Did you tell me to go Sullivan?
I know, the only Republican
-recognized method of birth control.
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