Key: G
Introduction:
G D4 G
Love you, love you, love you
D4 G
He did, he did, he did
D4 G
He stood high above you
D4
You were just a little kid
Bm A A4
Bm A A4
Bm
Your daddy was a farmer
A A4
His back was burnished red and gold
Bm A A4
And every time he closed his eyes a rooster crowed
Bm
He sowed a hundred rows of corn
A A4
The summer you were born
Bm A A4
And wondered what your life would yield
Bm A A4 Bm A A4
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his,
Bm A A4
how it fe-e-e-e-els
Bm
Your daddy was a builder
A A4
He swung his hammer brown and silver
Bm A A4
Every time he closed his eyes a nail was drove
Bm
And you were always underfoot
A A4
Like a splinter in the wood
Bm A A4
He couldn't pull you from his heels
Bm A A4 G
How it fe-e-e-e-els, how it feels
D4 G
Love you, love you, love you
G
He did, he did, he did
D4 G
He stood high above you
D4 G
Sky around his head
D4 G
Sawdust in his hair
D4 G
A scarecrow of a man
D4 G D4 Bm
He couldn't dra-a-w you near to him
A A4
Aaaaaaah-aah-aah-aah
Bm A A4
Bm A A4
Bm A A4
Bm
But you grew up straight and you grew up true
A A4
He kept a blue-gray eye on you
Bm A A4
Until the day he closed his eyes and left them closed
Bm
Your daddy didn't leave a will
A A4
He left a shovel and a hole to fill
Bm A A4
And how it feels, how it feels
Bm A A4 Bm A A4
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his
Bm A A4 G D4
How it fe-e-e-e-els to be alive like this
G D4
G D4
G D4
(Oooooooooooooooh,)
G D4 G D4
(Oooooooooooh)
G D4 G D4
Bm
But who gave you an axe to grind?
A A4
Who gave you a path to find?
Bm
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
A A4
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Bm
Who gave you a row to hoe?
A A4
Who gave you your sorrow?
Bm
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
A A4
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Bm
Who gave you the break of dawn?
A A4
A pleasure just to look upon
Bm
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
A A4
Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Bm
Who gave you a barn to build?
A Asus4(hºld) Bm
And an empty pa-a-a-a-a-ge, to fill?