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Capo 2nd Fret to match recording (all chords relative) G Em C D G I woke up crying late at night when I was very young C G Am D I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone G Em C D G My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore C G Am D G So I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door C G Am G And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone that way? C G Am D Don't wanna cry anymore so may I stay with you?" Chorus: C D G C D G C D And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/twitty-conway/263063.html ] G C D Em C D G because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." G Em C D G Later we barely got along, this teenage boy and he C G Am D Most of the fights it seems were over different dreams we each held for me G Em C D G He wanted knowledge and learning, I wanted to fly out West C G Said, "I could make it out there if I just had the fare. Am D G I got half, will you loan me the rest." C G Am G And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid. There's no guarentee in the plans C G Am I've made. And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?" Chorus: C D G C D G C D And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is G C D Em C D G because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." Em D C D G Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with light C Em C Am D And I pray someday I might light as bright as he G Em C D G Woke up early one bright fall day, to spread the tragic news C G Am D After all my travels I settled down within a mile or two G Em C D G I make my living with words and rhyme and all this tragedy C G Am D G Should go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry C G Am G But I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone this way? C G Am D How can I come up with a song to say I love you.......?" C D G C D G C D "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is G C D Em C D G because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." C D G C D Em Everything I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me.... C D G |