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