He Didnt Have to Be chords

C#m _ A Stop.
Please turn around.
D One more.
_ A _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ .
A When a single mom goes out on a D date with somebody A new, D E it always winds up feeling more like.
a job A interview.
My mama used to wonder if D she'd ever meet someone E that wouldn't find out about me and.
then turn A around and run.
_ D A I met the man I call my D dad when I was five years old.
He E took my mom out to a movie and for once I A got to go.
D A A few months later I D remember lying there in bed.
I E overheard him pop the question and I prayed that A she'd say yes.
Bm And then all of a sudden, E oh, it seemed so strange to me A how we went from something's.
missing to D a family.
_ A _ Bm Looking back, all I can E say about all the things he F#m did for me _ A _ D _ .
_ A is Bm I hope I'm at least.
E half the dad that he didn't have A to be.
_ _ D _ .
_ _ A I met the girl that's now my D wife about three years ago.
E We had a perfect marriage but we wanted something A more.
Now here I stand surrounded by D our family and friends.
E Crowded around the nursery window as they bring the A baby in.
And Bm now all of a sudden, oh, E it seems so strange to me how A we've gone from something's missing.
to D a family.
_ A _ Bm Looking through the glass I E think about the man standing F#m next to A me.
D _ .
_ _ A Bm And I hope I'm at F#m least E half the dad that he didn't have A to be.
_ _ _ D _ .
_ _ _ Bm _ _ _ _ E _ .
_ _ _ Bm Looking back, all I can E say about all the things he F#m did for _ E A me D _ .
_ A is Bm I hope I'm at least.
E half the dad that he didn't have A to be.
_ _ D _ .
Because he didn't have A to be.
_ _ D.
You know he didn't A have to be.
_ _ _ D _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ D _ .
_ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ .