Showed Up chords by Brandon Davis

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

* Strum & Pause

Intro:

  G  C

Verse 1:
         G                                                     C
She was nine years old… with little brother at home…    momma always workin’ late
     G                                                  C
And daddy left town… eight years ago now…   and all he left behind was pain
         Em                    D                       C
Between pageants, ball games, birthday parties…   and momma did all she could
    Em               D                   C                    C*
For two on one… job never done…   looks like she did pretty good

Chorus 1:
G                                      D
You can’t stick more numbers on that clock
                                            Em7
You can try your best… but the world don’t stop
                   D                 C
Don’t matter what plans you make…   sometimes life pulls you away
G                                            D
She always called from work… get’s back she's tired…
                   D#                   Em7
For a home-cooked meal and a kiss good night
                  D                           C                     G
Truth is in that little girl’s eyes…   momma being there was good enough
          Am7                D*            G    C
All that mattered to her was…   she Showed Up

Verse 2:
        G                                                  C
He was tall and dark… and momma fell real hard…   and the truth is she did too
       G                                             C
Where one stepped down… he stepped up…   yeah, that man’s the living proof
        Em                              D                                C
Dating nights with her mother… playing catch with her brother…   it’s a life she never had
       Em                D                          C
Making up for all those years he missed…   showing what it means to be a dad

Chorus 2:
G                                     D
You can’t stick more numbers on that clock…
                                           Em7
You can try your best… but the world don’t stop
                   D                  C
Don’t matter what plans you make…   sometimes life pulls you away
G                                        D
Teach them right from wrong… and how to ride a bike…
                      D#                           Em7
Yeah, you missed the last…   but you can’t change time
                  D                         C                     G
Truth is in that little girl’s eyes…   him being there was good enough
          Am7                D            Em7
All that mattered to her was…   he Showed Up

Instrumental:
  Em7  C  G  D

Verse 3:
         G                                                   C
Now the years have flow… and that girl’s grown…   with kids runnin’ through the house
   G                                C
A picture perfect family… but that ain’t how it started out…
              Em7                D                   C
Momma said… I don’t know if you heard the news… but his times growin’ thin
          Em7                  D                   C
I know he ain’t the man… that you call dad…   but this might be the end

Bridge:
     Am7                D               Em7
When she walked in… he swore he saw an angel in the room
          Am7               D                 Em7
He looked in her eyes… and felt regret…   for all he didn’t do
        Am           G                  C         G
He told her… saying sorry now…   would never be enough
    Am7             G                  C        D*
He knows he don’t deserve… because he never did…

Outro:
               G   C              G   C
But she Showed Up…     she Showed Up