Key: A major•
Intro 1
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D/A
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E/G#
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Verse 1
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I woke up crying late at night
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When I was very young
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I had dreamed my fa ther
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Had passed away and gone
Verse 2
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F#m
My world revolved around him
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I couldn't lie there anymore
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So I made my way down the mirrored hall
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And tapped upon his door
Chorus 1
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And I said "Daddy, I'm so afraid
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How will I go on with you gone that way?
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Bm
so may I stay with you?"
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And he said "That's my job
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That's what I do
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Everything I do is because of you
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To keep you safe with me
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That's my job, you see"
Verse 3
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Later we barely got along
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This teenage boy and he
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We each held for me
Verse 4
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He wanted knowledge and learning
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I wanted to fly out west
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I got half, will you loan me the rest?"
Chorus 2
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And I said "Daddy, I'm so afraid
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There's no guarantee in the plans
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Bm
Who will pay my way back home?"
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And he said "That's my job
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That's what I do
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Everything I do is because of you
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To keep you safe with me
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That's my job, you see"
Bridge 1
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C#m
Every person carves his spot
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And fills the hole with light
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And I pray someday I might
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Light as bright as he
Verse 5
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Woke up early one bright fall day
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To spread the tragic news
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After all my travel, I settled down
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Within a mile or two
Verse 6
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I make my living with words and rhyme
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And all this tragedy,
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should go into my head and out instead
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as bits of poetry
Chorus 3
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But I say "Daddy, I'm so afraid
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How will I go on with you gone this way?
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How can I come up with a song to say
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I love you?"
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"That's my job, that's what I do
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Everything I do is because of you
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To keep you safe with me
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That's my job, you see"
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Everything I do is because of you
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F#m
To keep you safe with me"
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TunerE A D G B E
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