Proud father chords by Jon McLaughlin

SimplifiedG · D · A · Bm · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) There
D 
will be cry (D major) ing,
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) being the man  (D major) that you should.  (A major) 
G 
D 
But,  (G major) always be try (D major) ing,
G 
D 
A 
to  (G major) see all the bad  (D major) and the good.  (A major) 
G 
D 
And yours is a prom (G major) ising fu (D major) ture,
G 
D 
A 
but,  (G major) know if it  (D major) all were to fade.  (A major) 
G 
D 
But a proud  (G major) father  (D major) of me
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) you have  (A major) already made.
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2

And I'll try to be,

all of the an swers

that you'd ever need.

And I'll try to show,

All of the love that you need to know.

Verse 3
G 
D 
May the spark (G major) s in your  (D major) eyes,
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) Outlive the lines  (D major) on your face.  (A major) 
G 
D 
Hold on to the mo (G major) ments in time,  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
when  (G major) you and I share  (D major) the same  (A major) space.
G 
D 
And  (G major) thoughts of you hurt  (D major) me,
G 
D 
but  (G major) I  know the feel (D major) ing
A 
of wrong.  (A major) 
G 
D 
'Cause there are les (G major) sons to learn,  (D major) 
Bm 
A 
in  (B minor) all of the places  (A major) I've gone.
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
D 
Em 
D 
 (D major) And I'll  (E minor) try to be,  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
D 
A 
 (G major) all of the  (D major) answers  (A major) you'd ever need.  (D major)  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
D 
And  (B minor) I'll  (A major) try to show,  (D major) 
G 
D 
Em 
D 
A 
 (G major) All  (D major) of  (E minor) the love  (D major) that  (A major) you
D 
Em 
need to know.  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
 (D major) So

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) hold on to someone,
who'll love you through the hot,
D 
G 
D 
Em 
and the cold.  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
G 
 (D major) And  (G major) hold on to someone,
who'll love you,
A 
no matter what they know.  (A major) 
G 
Just hold  (G major) on to someone,
who'll love you when your hot,
D 
G 
D 
Em 
and when your cold.  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
D 
G 
 (D major) And  (G major) hold on to someone,
who'll love you,
A 
Em 
A 
no matter  (A major) who  (E minor) they  (A major) know.

Interlude 1

Verse 6
G 
D 
 (G major) Open your mind,  (D major) 
G 
D 
So  (G major) colors of skill  (D major) you embrace.
A 
D 
G 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) And  (G major) open your  (D major) eyes,
G 
D 
A 
to  (G major) harmony com (D major) ing of  (A major) age.
G 
D 
It won't always be  (G major) easy to love,  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
when you give  (G major) and you nev (D major) er get back.  (A major) 
G 
D 
Bm 
But,  (G major) no one's in (D major) tended to  (B minor) die,
A 
with their  (A major) heart still intact.
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 7
Em 
D 
And I'll  (E minor) try to  (D major) be,
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) all of the  (D major) an swer (A major) s
D 
A 
that you'd ever need.  (D major)  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
D 
 (B minor) And I'll  (A major) try to show,  (D major) 
G 
D 
A 
 (G major) All of the  (D major) love  (A major) that you need
to know.
Bm 
A 
D 
Em 
 (B minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 8
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) So take time to be still  (G major) and to know,  (D major) 
G 
Em 
D 
 (G major) that all of  (E minor) the world  (D major) that you'll
A 
face.  (A major) 
G 
D 
That a proud  (G major) father  (D major) of me,
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) you have already  (A major) made