Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
In first grade, I fell down in the driveway
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Scraped my knee and dad ran out with a Band-Aid
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Well, he sat down beside me, eye to eye there on the concrete
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Just let me cry and wiped my tears away
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At sixteen, I wrecked my first car
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
And I thought he'd be mad 'cause it was my fault
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But he picked me up, dropped everything
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
And swore he wouldn't say a thing
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Just let me cry and wiped my tears away
FF Eb MajorEb
Yeah, he spent my whole life setting the bar
FF Eb MajorEb
For the man who gets to have my heart
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
So if you wanna take the hand that he held first
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
You have gotta be the man he shown me I deserve
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb FF
And if you're gonna love me like nobody ever will
C minorCm FF Bb majorBb
Baby, you got big shoes to fill
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Spent two years betting my heart on someone
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Who swore he'd never felt more in love
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Well on the day he walked away, all his words lost their weight
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But deep down I knew how it would end up
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'Cause I know I'll know when love feels right
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Since I've seen it in my father's eyes
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
So if you wanna take the hand that he held first
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
You have gotta be the man he shown me I deserve
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb FF
And if you're gonna love me like nobody ever will
C minorCm FF Bb majorBb
Baby, you got big shoes to fill
Bridge:
FF Eb MajorEb
When it's time to give up my last name
FF Eb MajorEb
Dear whoever standing in his place
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
So if you wanna take the hand that he held first
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
You have gotta be the man he shown me I deserve
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb FF
And if you're gonna love me like nobody ever will
C minorCm FF Bb majorBb
Baby, you got big shoes to fill