Chords for Chet Atkins - I Still Can't Say Goodbye

_ _ I was singing a song about my dad. _
_ I used to put on his hat, _ look in the mirror and try to be like him.
_ Now I do look like him, I'm just like him.
I look in the mirror, I see my dad.
I still miss him, he's [A] been gone a long time.
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] When I was [E]
young, [D] _ my dad [E] would say,
_ [A]
Come [E] on son, let's go [F#m] out and [D] play.
_ [A] Sometimes it [E] seems [B] like yesterday.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ _ [B] _ And then [A] when I [B] _ was by myself,
[A] _
_ [E] I'd climb up [A] the closet [D] shelf,
_ [A] _ grab his [E] hat [D] and fix [E] the brim,
_ _ _ [D] _
pretending [E] I [A] was him. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] No matter _ _ [D] how hard [A] I try,
no [E] matter _ how [D] many tears I [A] cry,
[E] no matter how many years go [D#] by,
[B] _
I [Bm] still can't say [D] goodbye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] He always [E] took [D] care of mom [E] and me.
_ [A] _
[E] We all cut down [A] the Christmas [D] tree.
_ [A] He [E] always had [D] some time [E] for me.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] Wind blows [F#m] through the trees,
[A] _ _
_ [D] _ streetlights, [E] they still [A] shine bright.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] Most things are the same,
_ _ [B] but I miss my dad [Bm] tonight. _ _ _
[E] I _ _ _ _ [A] walked by a [E] _ [D] Salvation Army [E]
store,
[A] _ saw [E] a hat [A] like my daddy [D] wore,
_ [A] _ tried it [E] on _ [D] and fixed [E] the brim. _ _
[F#m] I'm still trying [E] to be [A] like him. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] No matter _ _ [D] how hard I [A] try,
[E] no matter _ how [D] many tears I [A] cry,
no [E] matter _ how [F#m] many [E] years go [D#] by,
_ [B] _ I [Bm] still [E] can't say [D] goodbye. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ I miss you, Papa.
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