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Intro:
G, D, Em, C
Melody in intro
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Verse 1:
G
Please, Doc, put away your chart
D
You can save your heart to heart
Em
I’ve got some memories and a deck of cards
C
That could use some shuffling through
G
Looks like hes still wide awake
D
Looks like he still wont take
Em
Those pills you put there yesterday
C
Huh, Just stubborn as a mule
Chorus:
G
I don’t want to hear “He’s going downhill”
D
What about “Thank god he’s around still”?
Em C
Looking right through me is not at all the way I see him
G D
I don’t mind at all remembering for him
Em
He doesn’t have to get why I adore him
D C
He don’t have to know me
I know who he is
Verse 2:
G
My Dad, my coach, my friend
D
The voice behind "Boy where the hell you been"
Em
The lover of my mamma through thick and thin
C
The best man I’ve ever known
G
All time quarterback when us kids were in a bind
D
Cheek full of Red Man in a duck blind
Em
And no offense, Doc, but if you don’t mind,
C
I’d like some time alone
Chorus:
G
I don’t want to hear “He’s going downhill”
D
What about “Thank god he’s around still”?
Em C
Looking right through me is not at all the way I see him
G D
I don’t mind at all remembering for him
Em
He doesn’t have to get why I adore him
D C
He don’t have to know me
I know who he is
Bridge:
G
Full of pride, baby boy on his knee there
D
Full of life with a beer and a beach chair
Em D C
Ah, he's a fixture in my head full of pictures
Final Chorus:
G D
I don’t mind at all remembering for him
Em
He doesn’t have to get why I adore him
D C
He don’t have to know me
Song History
Last Updated: March 6, 2017