Key: G
Introduction:
D G
Fifty-two years you have been devoted to me
D A
You have accepted it all, with no pay
D G
Now our time is shorter, I begin to see
D A D
You are the one who put us where we are today.
D G
My years on the road, making the sales
D A
Wouldnt have happened...at all
D G
Without your care,... keeping the kids between the rails
D A D
You raised them, balanced the books, never dropped the ball
D G
Now we are both over seventy and on our way
D A
You are still keeping us steady, making your lists
D G
So, where do we have to go and do today?
D A
Giving me the time to seek my inter(D ests
D G
Marty, Stu, and our pretty Lee Ann
D A
Seven (count them) Grand Children, top it all
D G
Never would have happened without God and your ---plan
D A D
I know I am very lucky, to be your old man.