Tonalidad: A major•
Verse 1
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I was born and raised down in Alabama
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on a farm way back up in the woods
C#dim
Oh I was so ragged folks
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used to call me "Patches" P
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Bm
Papa used to tease me about it,
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but deep down inside dad was hurtin'
Bm
'Cause he'd done the best he could
Verse 2
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My papa was a great old man
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I can see him with a shovel in his hand
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Education that he never had
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But he did wonders when the times got bad
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The little money from the crops we raised
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Barely paid the bills we made
Verse 3
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Oh life whipped him
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Down to the ground
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When he tried to get up
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Life would kick him back down
On the day papa called me
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To his dyin' bed
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Placed his hand on my shoulders
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And in tears he said
Verse 4
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
C#dim
To pull the family through
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D
My son, it's all left up
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Bm
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to you
Verse 5
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Two days later papa passed away
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And I became a man that day
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Everyday I had to work the fields
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'Cause that's the only way
We got our meals
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See, I was the oldest of the family
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And everybody was depending on me
Verse 6
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Now the years have passed
Am
And everybody's grown
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Mama's been livin'
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In a brand new home
Lord knows it took
Am
A lot of sweat and tears
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And my daddy's voice
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To help us through the years
Verse 7
He said
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
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To pull the family through
D
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My son, it's all left up to you
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A
D
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F#
Bm
Verse 8
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Daddy had been sick for a long time,
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flat on his back
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Every evenin' af ter we'd finish
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D
our chores and eat our dinner
We'd all go into papa's
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Bm
room to cheer him up a little
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And this particular day dad
was in good spirits
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Sittin' on the side of the bed, tellin'
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mama how good she looked
When all of a sudden,
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papa had a pain in his chest
I was too young to understand
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Talkin' about a heart attack
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here
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Mama rushed us all out of the room
into the hallway
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About ten minutes later she came
out with tears in her eyes
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She called out to me, "Patches,
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Patches, get in here, boy
Bm
F#
Your daddy want to see you"
Bm
I went runnin' into papa's room,
Daddy had tears in his eyes
C#m
I knew something was wrong,
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daddy was a poor man
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D
But all of my life he'd been a proud man
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I knelt down on one knee beside the bed
Bm
Papa put his hand on my shoulder
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He said, "Patches, Patches, boy
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The hammer of life done beat your old
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papa down to the ground
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Em
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And I ain't got nobody to turn to to
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take care of mama and the younger
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So what I want you to do
is promise me, son
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Is that you're gon na do your best to
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help your mama as much as you can"
D
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I said, "Papa,
I'm gonna do my best"
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C#m
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But little did I know then like I know now
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That tryin' to climb life's mountains
searchin' for a top where there ain't no top
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Sometimes you find yourself frustrated,
Bm
lazy
F#
Bm
But every time I feel like I can't
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live my life like I want to
My mind goes back to that day when I see
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those tears in my daddy's eyes
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But most of all I remember his words, "Patches,
I'm dependin' on you, boy"
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Every time I feel like givin' up,
I hear his voice
Bm
F#
"Patches, Patches,
Bm
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Patches, Patches..."
Verse 9
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C#m
I'm depending on you, son
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A
Em
I've tried to do my best
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F#
Bm
It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 10
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
A
I've tried to do my best
D
It's up to you to do the rest
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Patches
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I'm depending on you, son
A
To pull the family through
D
My son, it's all left up to you
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