Chords for Clarence Carter - Patches

Telling y'all [G] something, oh I was telling y'all about [A#]
in 1970, I [N] put this song out, _
and in 1970, [Gm] I had two things to happen to me that year that I'm never going to forget.
_ One [B] of them was good, _ and the other one [N] was bad. _
Now the bad thing that happened to me in 1970 was, I got married. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Bad, [G] _
[N] bad, bad. _ _ _ _
I have been married five times. _
_ _ _ I have been divorced _ five times.
_ _ There was something wrong with them women. _ _ _
_ _ _ Wasn't nothing wrong with me. _
_ _ [C#m] I'm still here. _
_ [B] _ _ _ But the good [C#] thing that happened to me in [N] 1970 was, I released a song that went all the way to number one in the nation.
If some of you don't know, the [F#] song sounded like [B] this.
_ I was born and raised in Alabama.
I was born and raised in Alabama.
[D#m] _
_ _ I was _ [D#] _
_ _ [C#m] still raggedy, oh shit, it's gone to [E]
[D#m] darkness.
[C#m] Mama [B] used to tease me about it.
[G#] Beat me down the inside, and close that [C#m] door, and leave me all alone.
_ _ [F#] My father-in-law was a great old man.
[E] _
He had a skill, but he shuffled in his hands.
[F#] _
Education he never had.
_ [E] _
It was when the time got bad.
[F#] A little money from the cops he raised.
[E] Now the pain, the fear, he makes [B] all right.
He's been [D] down the road.
[E] So I ended up in life, [B] just getting by.
One day, Papa called me [D] to his side of the bed, [E] put his hand on my shoulder.
[B] He said, she's right, _ I'm depending [D#m] on you, son. _
_ _ Boy, _ [F#m] _ _
my _ son, it's _ [E] all up to you.
_ [G#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
Two days later, Papa passed [E] away, and _ I became a man that day.
_ [D#m] _ _
[F#] So I told Mama I was going to quit school, [E] which she said that was a bad idea.
It's strictly to do.
_ [F#] So in that moment, boy, I went to school.
[E] I got the chicken and the chocolate.
_ _ [B] _ _
I [D] couldn't go.
_ [E] I wanted to leave this world [B] and get home.
_ I remember what [D] my dad had said.
[E] The tears in his eyes, I [B] was dying to be a spice. _
I'm depending [D#m] on you, son. _
_ I tried to do my [D#] best. _
It's up to [E] _ _ _
the rest.
_ [G#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ Then one day a [D#m] strong rain came, _ washed all the crops away.
[F#m] _ _
And at the age of 13, I thought [E] I was [D#m] carrying the weight of the [C#m] whole world [B] on my shoulders.
[G#] _ Mama knew what I [C#m] was going through.
_ _ [F#] Every day I had to work the fields.
[E] Since the day we got our meals, you [F#] see, I was the oldest of the family.
_ _ [E] _ _
Everybody used to creep in on me.
[F#] _ Every night I heard my mama cry.
[E] I couldn't shake the face of nobody.
[B] So many years have passed.
[D] All the tears have grown.
[E] I've been sick now, I [B] feel like I'm dying of old.
_ I don't know if you [D] know.
I should have [E] jiggled my dad's fork.
[B] He'd never eat the meal.
_ _ I'm just, I'm depending [D#m] on you, son.
_ _ Oh, I'm counting [B] on you.
My son, it's [E] all _ _ _ up to [G#] you. _ _
_ Oh, [F#] I'm just, [B] _ I'm _ _ depending on you, [D#m] son. _
_ _ Oh, I'm [F#m] counting on you.
_ My son, it's [E] all up to you.
[G#] Yeah, sing it one more time, [C#m] y'all.
Come on, [F#] come on, sing it.
[B] _ I'm just, _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ yeah.
_ _ Oh, I'm just, _ _ _
[B] my [F#m] son, it's all [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ up to you.
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _