Tonalidad: B major•
Verse 1
B
I was born and raised down in Alabama
E
On a farm way back up in the woods
D#m
C#m
You know I was so ragged
G#
C#m
folks used to call me Patches
B
F#
My daddy poked fun of me but
E
Inside I knew he was hurting cause
F#
E
He couldn't do no better
F#
My papa was a great old man,
E
I can see him with a shovel
F#
in his hand.
E
I'm catching up, I'm catching up.
F#
E
See, education he never had,
F#
he went on to spend a times got bad.
E
I'm gagging a little here, I'm
choked up.
F#
The education he never had
E
Worked wonders when the times got bad
F#
The little money from the crops he made
E
Built the bills that way, baby
B
And life would knock him
D
down to the ground
E
When he tried to get up
B
Life would knock him back down
D
One day he called me to his dying bed
E
B
Put his hands on my shoulders said,
D#m
he said, Patches, I'm depending on your son
To pull the family through
B
A
E
G#
C#m
My son, it's all left up to you
F#
Two days later, Papa passed away
E
And I became a man that day
F#
I told Mama I was gonna quit school
that was Daddy's strictest rule
F#
So every morning before I went to school
E
I fed the chickens and I
chopped wood too
B
D
Sometimes I felt like I couldn't go on
E
Yeah, I wanted to leave and
B
run away from home
A
B
D
But I could still hear what my daddy said
E
B
With tears in his eyes, on his iron bed
He said, Patches,
D#m
I'm depending on you, son
A
I tried to do my best
E
It's up to you to do the
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C#m
rest guitar so lo
B
Then one day a strong rain came
and washed all the crops away
E
D#m
At the age of 13 I felt I had the whole weight
C#m
G#
of the world on my shoulders
C#m
My mama knew what I
was goin' through
F#
Every day I had to work the fields
E
It's the only way we had our meals
F#
You see, I was the oldest of the family
E
Everybody else depended on me
F#
Every night I heard my mama pray
E
Lord, give him the strength to
make it one more day
B
Well, at least the planets
D
and the kids are gone
E
The angels come and take
B
my brand new home
D
Lots of tears I shed, yeah
E
But I can still remember
B
what my daddy said
He said, hey Jesus,
D#m
I'm depending on you, son
to pull the family through
A
E
My son, it's all left up to you
G#
C#m
I can still hear my
F#
daddy sayin'
B
D#m
Patches, I'm dependin' on you son,
A
I tried to do my be st,
E
it's up to you to do the rest
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C#m
Daddy, I hear you
F#
B
Yes, I am, Daddy!
D#m
I'm depending on you, son
A
To pull the family through
E
C#m
E
My son is all and all to you
B
E
Daddy! Daddy!
B
B
Oh, Daddy! piano & Oh! My life story.
It took a lot out of me.
Gilbert and Sullivan.
What? Gilbert and Sullivan.
It's my birthday.
Did you tell me to go Sullivan?
I know, the only Republican
-recognized method of birth control.
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