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Key: D
πΈ Intro:
D G D A7 D
πΈ Verse:
D
Lately I've been spendin'
D
lots of time with my kid
G
tellin' him stories
G
'bout the things that we did
G D
when we were a family
D A7
a long time ago
A7 D
I've answered his questions
D
'til I'm blue in the face
G
wish all that hurt in him
G
I could erase
G D
but I tell him the truth
A7 D
'cause he ain't too young to know
πΈ Chorus:
D G
Single father
G D
part-time mother
D A7
when I'm not one
A7 D
then I'm the other
D G
You used to be
G D
my full-time lover
D A7
now I'm a single father
G D
and a part-time mother
πΈ Verse:
D
I spend every minute
D
I can with my boy
D G
There's no doubt about it
G
he's my pride and joy
G D
someday he'll grow up
D A7
and I won't have him no more
D
Some things I just find
D
too hard to explain
D G
so we go to McDonald's
G
or I buy him a train
G D
and we put it together
A7 D
on the living room floor
πΈ Bridge:
G
Such is the life
G
Of a single father
D
He says, "Daddy, explain
D
if it's not too much bother
D A7
why it's just you and me
A7 D
living here in this home."
G
I don't understand it
G
and neither does he
D
why there's just two
D
when there should be three of us
A7
sharing this moment
G D
Lord I feel so alone
πΈ Chorus:
D G
Single father
G D
Part-time mother
D A7
When I'm not one
A7 D
then I'm the other
D G
You used to be
G D
my full-time lover
D A7
now I'm a single father
G D
and a part-time mother
πΈ Outro:
D G
You used to be
G D
my full-time lover
D A7
now I'm a single father
G D
and a part-time mother
D A7
now I'm a single father
G D
and a part-time mother
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Published: November 13, 2025
Last Updated: February 6, 2026