Key: C
Introduction:
F C
Hey Dad, where you been for so long' Why won't you look at me' Is there
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something wrong' Do you remember me, the son that you conceived' Why won't
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you look at me' A son that you deceived.
F C
Oh God, what did I do to deserve this' A man I never knew. A man I cannot
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miss. I gave you many chances, many that you took. And now I stand before
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you. You won't even look.
F
How can we start all over when we never began' How can you be a father,
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When you're not even a man' Why do you play these games' That are in my head
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You said you'd love me dearly, but it looks like he's dead.
F C
Oh God, what did I do to deserve this' A man I never knew. A man I cannot
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miss.
{Chorus}
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So then came kids of my own. I was there for them. I am the man you
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couldn't be. (I didn't learn from him.) Where he is, I don't even know at
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all. I don't even remember, The last time he called.
{Chorus}
F C
Oh God, what did I do to deserve this' A man I never knew. A man I cannot
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miss.
F
How can we start all over' How can we start all over' How can we start all
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over' How can we start all over' Hey Dad.
End with Am, let it ring.