Randall Knife chords by Vince Gill

SimplifiedC · F · Gsus4 · G

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Intro 1

Verse 1

My father had a Randall knife,

my mother gave it to him

When he went off to World War

II to save us all from ruin

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Verse 2

Now if you've ever held a Randall knife,

then you know my father well

If a better blade was ever made

it was probably forged in hell

Verse 3

My father was a good man,

a lawyer by his trade

And only once did I ever see

him misuse the blade

Verse 4
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 (C major) 
Well, it almost took his thumb off
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 (F major) when he took it for a tool  (G major) 
The knife was made for darker things,
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and you  (F major) could not bend  (C major) the rules

Verse 5
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 (C major) 
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He let me take it camping once  (F major) 
on a Boy Scout jamboree
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 (Gsus4)  (G major) And I broke a half an inch off,
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trying to  (F major) stick it in a tree
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 6
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Oh, I hid it from him for a while  (F major) but
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the knife and he were one  (G major) 
He put it in his bottom drawer
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C 
 (F major) without a hard word  (C major) one

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
F 
And there it slept, there it stayed  (F major) for
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20 some odd years  (Gsus4)  (G major) 
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Sorta like Excalibur, except  (F major) waiting for a tear
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 (C major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 8
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Well, my father died  (C major) when I was  (F major) 40, and I
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couldn't find a way to cry  (G major) 
Not because I didn't love him,
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 (F major) not because he didn't try
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 (C major) 

Verse 9
I've cried for every lesser thing,
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 (F major) whiskey, pain and beauty  (G major) 
And he deserved a better tear,
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 (F major) and I was not quite ready  (C major) 

Verse 10
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 (C major) 
F 
Oh, we took his ashes out to sea and  (F major) 
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poured 'em off the stern  (G major) 
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And threw the roses in the wake  (F major) of
everything we'd learned
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 (C major) 

Verse 11
When we got back to the house,
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 (F major) they asked me what I wanted  (G major) 
Not the lawbooks, not the watch,
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 (F major) I need the thing  (C major) he's haunted

Verse 12
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Well, my hand burned for the Randall knife  (G major) 
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Gsus4 
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 (F major) there in the bottom drawer (Gsus4)  (G major) 
I found a tear for my father's life,
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C 
 (F major) all that it stood  (C major) for