Chords for Brad Paisley- He Didn't Have To Be LYRICS
Tempo:
73 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] When a single mom goes out on a date [D] with somebody new
[E] It always winds [A] up feeling [E] more like a job interview
[A] My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone
That [E] wouldn't find out about me and then turn around [A] and run
[D] [A] I met the man I call my dad [D] when I was five years old
He took my [E] mom out to a movie and for once I got [A] to go
[D] [A] A few months later I [B] remember [D] lying there in bed
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that she'd [A] say yes
And [Bm] then all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we went from [C#m] somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] Looking [Bm] back all I can say [E] about all the things he did for [F#m] me
[A]
[D] [A] [Bm] Is I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] [A] Met the girl that's now my wife [D] about three years ago
We [E] had the perfect marriage [A] but we [E] wanted something [A] more
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends
Crowded [E] round the nursery window as they bring the baby [A] in
And [Bm] now all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we've gone from somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] [Bm] Looking through the glass I think [E] about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me
[D] And [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] Looking back all I can say [E] about all the things he did [F#m] for [E] [A] me
[D] Is [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least [E] half the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[Bm] Yeah I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] Because he didn't have [A] to be
You [D] know he didn't have [A] to be
[D] [A] [D]
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[D]
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[A] [D]
[A] When a single mom goes out on a date [D] with somebody new
[E] It always winds [A] up feeling [E] more like a job interview
[A] My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone
That [E] wouldn't find out about me and then turn around [A] and run
[D] [A] I met the man I call my dad [D] when I was five years old
He took my [E] mom out to a movie and for once I got [A] to go
[D] [A] A few months later I [B] remember [D] lying there in bed
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that she'd [A] say yes
And [Bm] then all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we went from [C#m] somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] Looking [Bm] back all I can say [E] about all the things he did for [F#m] me
[A]
[D] [A] [Bm] Is I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] [A] Met the girl that's now my wife [D] about three years ago
We [E] had the perfect marriage [A] but we [E] wanted something [A] more
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends
Crowded [E] round the nursery window as they bring the baby [A] in
And [Bm] now all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we've gone from somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] [Bm] Looking through the glass I think [E] about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me
[D] And [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] Looking back all I can say [E] about all the things he did [F#m] for [E] [A] me
[D] Is [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least [E] half the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[Bm] Yeah I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
[D] Because he didn't have [A] to be
You [D] know he didn't have [A] to be
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[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D] [N]
Key:
A
D
E
Bm
F#m
A
D
E
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] When a single mom goes out on a date [D] with somebody new
[E] It always winds [A] up feeling [E] more like a job interview
[A] My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone
That [E] wouldn't find out about me and then turn around [A] and run
_ _ [D] [A] I met the man I call my dad [D] when I was five years old
He took my [E] mom out to a movie and for once I got [A] to go
[D] [A] A few months later I [B] remember [D] lying there in bed
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that she'd [A] say yes
And [Bm] then all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we went from [C#m] somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] Looking [Bm] back all I can say [E] about all the things he did for [F#m] me
_ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] [Bm] Is I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Met the girl that's now my wife [D] about three years ago
We [E] had the perfect marriage [A] but we [E] wanted something [A] more
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends
Crowded [E] round the nursery window as they bring the baby [A] in
And [Bm] now all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we've gone from somethings missing to [D] a family
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking through the glass I think [E] about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me _
[D] _ And [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Looking back all I can say [E] about all the things he did [F#m] for _ [E] [A] me
[D] _ Is [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least [E] half the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _
[Bm] Yeah I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
_ _ [D] _ Because he didn't have [A] to be
You _ [D] _ know he didn't have [A] to be
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] When a single mom goes out on a date [D] with somebody new
[E] It always winds [A] up feeling [E] more like a job interview
[A] My mama used to wonder if [D] she'd ever meet someone
That [E] wouldn't find out about me and then turn around [A] and run
_ _ [D] [A] I met the man I call my dad [D] when I was five years old
He took my [E] mom out to a movie and for once I got [A] to go
[D] [A] A few months later I [B] remember [D] lying there in bed
I [E] overheard him pop the question and I prayed that she'd [A] say yes
And [Bm] then all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we went from [C#m] somethings missing to [D] a family
[A] Looking [Bm] back all I can say [E] about all the things he did for [F#m] me
_ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [A] [Bm] Is I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] Met the girl that's now my wife [D] about three years ago
We [E] had the perfect marriage [A] but we [E] wanted something [A] more
Now here I stand surrounded by [D] our family and friends
Crowded [E] round the nursery window as they bring the baby [A] in
And [Bm] now all of a sudden oh it [E] seems so strange to me
How [A] we've gone from somethings missing to [D] a family
_ [A] _ [Bm] Looking through the glass I think [E] about the man standing [F#m] next to [A] me _
[D] _ And [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Looking back all I can say [E] about all the things he did [F#m] for _ [E] [A] me
[D] _ Is [A] [Bm] I hope I'm at least [E] half the dad that he didn't have to [A] be _ _
[Bm] Yeah I hope I'm at least half [E] the dad that he didn't have to [A] be
_ _ [D] _ Because he didn't have [A] to be
You _ [D] _ know he didn't have [A] to be
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