A Father Love chords by High Valley

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA Father's Love (The Only Way He Knew How)"

[Intro]
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For the longest time he was the kind I just didn't understand
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Hard to read and hard to please, yeah that was my old man
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On the day I left for college, it was nothing new
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We never had that heart to heart, he had too much to do

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He checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark-plug wires
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He said "When was the last time you had this oil changed?"
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And as I pulled out the drive he said, "Be sure to call your mom sometime"
  E MajorE
And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now
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He was saying "I love you," the only way he knew how

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A majorA hundred twenty thousand miles and 6 years down the road
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Brand new life, a brand new wife, we just bought our first home
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When he finally came to visit, I thought he'd be so proud
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He never said he liked the place, he just got his tool belt out
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And put new locks on the doors, went back and forth to the hardware store
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He said "Come and hold this flashlight", as he crawled beneath the sink
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"These old wires ain't up to code and that circuit box is gonna overload"
E MajorE
And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now
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He was saying "I love you", the only way he knew how

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But last Sunday we all gathered for his 65th birthday
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And I knew he'd stiffen up, but I hugged him anyway
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It was finally time to say goodbye, I knew what was next
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Just like he always did right before we left


BB       C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
He checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark-plug wires
     E MajorE                    A augmentedA
He said "When was the last time you had this oil changed?"
BB     C# minorC#m                   A augmentedA
And as I pulled out the drive he said, "Be sure to call your mom sometime"
  E MajorE
And I didn't hear it then but I hear it now
BB           E MajorE   A augmentedA    BB     A augmentedA