(intro)
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(Verse pattern)
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(1st time)
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(Verse 1)
G C/g G Bm C
An only child alone and wild, a cabinet-maker's son
Am Em
His hands were meant for different work and his
Am C D7
heart was known to none
G C/g G Bm C
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
Am Em Am D7 G
He gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
(Verse 2)
G C/g G Bm C
A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
Am Em
He tried to be a soldier once, but his
Am C D7
music wouldn't wait
G C/g G Bm C
He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
Am Em Am D7 G
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
(to chorus)
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**(After the last verse, go to ending at this point in the
chorus)
(Verse 3)
G C/g G Bm C
My brother's lives were different, for they heard another call
Am Em
One went to Chicago, a-
Am C D7
nother to St. Paul
G C/g G Bm C
Me, I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some motel
Am Em Am D7 G
living out this life I chose and have come to know so well
(Play intro, then on to...)
(Verse 4)
G C/g G Bm C
I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
Am Em
I thank you for the freedom... when it
Am C D7
came my time to go
G C/g G Bm C
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
Am Em Am D7 G
and, Papa, I don't think I said "I love you" near enough
(to chorus)
(Ending)
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