Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
AbAb BbmBbm Eb MajorEb DbDb (x2)
Verse 1:
AbAb BbmBbm
Oh son you have to start somewhere but
AbAb BbmBbm
dont run or you wont get there
F minorFm BbM7Bbm7
just tie your shoes and tend to the trees
Refrain:
Eb MajorEb AbAb BbmBbm F minorFm
just be the man that I couldn't be
Eb MajorEb AbAb BbmBbm AbAb
just be the man I couldn't be
AbAb BbmBbm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Verse 2:
AbAb BbM7Bbm7
My son, see I wasnt there when you were born
AbAb BbM7Bbm7
but I felt a love for you like never before.
F minorFm BbmBbm
Whilst I'm away just pick up the leaves and
Refrain:
Eb MajorEb AbAb BbmBbm F minorFm
be the man I couldnt be
Eb MajorEb AbAb BbmBbm AbAb
just be the man I couldnt be
Chorus:
AbAb DbDb BbmBbm AbAb
Sorry wont change the hurt that I've done so
Eb MajorEb F minorFm BbmBbm AbAb
care for your mother when I'm gone cause
AbAb DbDb BbmBbm AbAb
sorry wont change the hurt that I've done
Eb MajorEb F minorFm BbmBbm AbAb
so care for your mother when I'm gone
Break:
AbAb BbmBbm
Eb MajorEb
Cause I wasnt my choice
F minorFm AbAb
when I had to leave
GbGb DbDb
but if i had been stronger then i would have stayed
Chorus:
AbAb DbDb B minorBm AbAb
Sorry wont change the hurt that I've done so
Eb MajorEb F minorFm BbmBbm AbAb
care for your mother when I'm gone cause
DbDb BbmBbm AbAb
sorry wont change the hurt that I've done so
Eb MajorEb F minorFm BbmBbm AbAb
care for your mother when I'm gone
Verse 3:
BbmBbm
Oh son stay out of trouble
AbAb BbmBbm
be kind and always be humble
F minorFm BbmBbm
and make her proud by not being me just
Refrain:
Eb MajorEb AbAb BbmBbm F minorFm
be the man I could not be
Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb AbAb
just be the man that I could not be
Outro:
AbAb BbmBbm Eb MajorEb
DbDb AbAb
just be the man the man that I couldnt be
BbmBbm Eb MajorEb
DbDb
just be the man be the man
AbAb BbmBbm
and care for your mother
Eb MajorEb DbDb
care for you mother
AbAb BbmBbm
care for your mother
GbGb DbDb
care for her