Tom: G
Introdução: G D C
G D C
Today you phoned to say 'Hello'
G C
You couldn't come, you had to go
G
See a friend, stay to tea
Am Em D
You thought you ought to just give me a call
verse 2
G D C
Yes, you should have rung on Friday night
G C
But just forgot, was that alright?
G Am
You knew that I would understand
Em D C
I hadn't got an evening planned at all
D G Em C
And there you go again
D G D C
Making me count from one to ten
D G Em C
The hardest job I've had
D G Em G Em
Is simply being dad
verse 3
G D
It's not a role you learn to play
C G
You improvise from day to day
C G
The crowd who watch have all been there
Am Em D
And shuddered in that spotlight glare alone
verse 4
G D
You didn't choose, you had no say
C G
I picked you up along the way
C G
And love can be a heavy load
Am Em D C
To carry on that long, long road to home
D G Em C
And there you go again
D G D C
Making me count from one to ten
D G Em C
The hardest job I've had
D G Em G Em
Is simply being dad
VERSE 5
G D C
You need space to dance and turn
G
I must show that fires burn
C G Am
You make mistakes, learn from pain
Em D
Same mistakes you'll make again next year
VERSE 6
G D
And sometimes, do I care too much?
C G C
Do we collide instead of touch?
G Am
Do I provide a helping hand?
Em D C
Or do I hold you back or stand too near
D G Em C
'Cause there you go again
D G D C
Making me count from one to ten
D G Em C
The hardest job I've had
D G Em G Em
Is simply being dad
VERSE 7
G D
So, knuckle down and do your best
C G
You're in the race with all the rest
C G
The hard ones make it all the way
Am Em D
The dreamers just wake up one day behind
VERSE 8
G D
When the sun has cold, the evening's come
C G C
You've marched on to a different drum
G Am
I know I've said it all before
Em D C
But much of life is like a war you'll find
D G Em C
And there I go again
D G D C
Making you count from one to ten
D G Em C
The hardest job you've had
D G Em
Is simply having dad
C D G Em C
Yes, the hardest job you've had
D G Em G Em G Em G
Is simply having dad
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