Guy Clark – Randall Knife chords
Chords:
[Verse 1]D EmMy father had a Randall knife, my mother gave it to himA G DWhen he went off to WWII to save us all from ruinD EmNow if you've ever held a Randall knife, you know my father wellA G DIf a better blade was ever made, it was probably forged in hell[Verse 2]D EmMy father was a good man, he was a lawyer by his tradeA G DAnd only once did I ever see him misuse the bladeD EmWell, it almost cut his thumb off when he took it for a toolA G DAh, the knife was made for darker things and could not bend the rules[Verse 3]D EmHe let me take it camping once on a Boy Scout jamboreeA G DAnd I broke a half an inch off trying to stick it in a treeD EmI hid it from him for a while but the knife and he were oneA G DHe put it in his bottom drawer without a hard word one[Verse 4]D EmAnd there it slept and there it stayed For twenty some odd yearsA G DSort of like Excalibur except waiting for a tear[Verse 5]D EmMy father died when I was forty and I couldn't find a way to cryA G DNot because I didn't love him not and not because he didn't tryD EmI'd cried for every lesser thing, for Whiskey, pain and beautyA G DBut he deserved a better tear and I was not quite ready[Verse 6]D EmSo we took his ashes out to sea and poured 'em off the sternA G DAnd threw the roses in the wake of everything we'd learnedD EmAnd when we got back to the house, they asked me what I wantedA G DNot the lawbooks, not the watch, I need the things he's haunted[Verse 7]D EmMy hand burned for the Randall knife there in the bottom drawerA G DAnd I found a tear for my father's life and all that it stood for