C#m _
A Stop.
Please turn around.
D One more.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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D _ .
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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.
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A _ _ _ _
D _ .
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A _ _ _ _ _ .