Patches Chords by Clarence Carter
Tempo:
158.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
D#m
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] I was born and raised down in [D#m] Alabama on a farm way back up in the woods.
[F#m] I was so raggedy folks used to call me Patches.
[E] Papa [G#m] used to tease me [C#] about it because [E] deep down [G#] inside he was hurt because he done all [C#m] he could.
[F#] My papa was a great old [C#m] man.
[E] I can see him with his shovel in his hand.
[D#m] See, [F#] education he never
[C#m] had.
[E] But he did wonders when the time got [D#m] bad.
The little [F#] money from the crops he [C#m] raised [E] barely paid the bills we made.
[B] Poor life had [Bm] kicked him down to the ground [E] when he tried to get up.
[B] Life would take a man down.
One day papa called me [Bm] to his dining bed, [E] put his hands on my shoulders [B] and in tears he said,
Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son to pull the family [D#] through.
[F#m] My son it's [E] all left up to you.
[D#] [C#m]
[D#m] Two days later papa [E] passed away.
I became a man that day.
[D#m] So I told mama I was going to quit school but [E] she said that was daddy's strictest rule.
[F#] So every morning before I went to school [E] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too.
[B] Sometimes I felt [Bm] that I couldn't go on.
[E] I wanted to leave just [B] run away from home.
But I would remember [Bm] what my daddy said [E] with tears in his eyes [B] on his dining bed.
He said, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
I tried to do [B] my best.
It's up to [E] you to do the rest.
[G#] [C#m] [F#]
[B] Then one day a strong rain [D#m] came and washed all the crops away.
[D#] And at the [F#m] age of 13 I thought I was carrying [E] the weight of the [G#] whole world [C#m] on my shoulders.
[G#m]
And [G#] you know mama knew what I was going [C#m] through.
Cause [F#] every day I had to work the [C#m] fields.
Cause that's the only way we got our meals.
But did you [D#m] see I was the oldest of the [C#m] family.
And everybody else depended on [D#m] me.
Every night I heard my mama pray.
[C#m] Lord give him strength to face another day.
[B] For years the past [Bm] and all the fears were gone.
[E] The angels took mama to [B] a brand new home.
Lord knows people [Bm] I shed tears [E] but my daddy's voice [B] kept me through the years.
Saying Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
To pull the [B] family through.
My son it's [E] all left up to [G#] you.
I can still hear [C#m] papa when he [F#] said, [B] Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
I tried to do [B] my best.
It's up to [E] you to do the rest.
[G#] I can still [C#m] hear papa when [F#] he said, [B] Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
[F#m] I was so raggedy folks used to call me Patches.
[E] Papa [G#m] used to tease me [C#] about it because [E] deep down [G#] inside he was hurt because he done all [C#m] he could.
[F#] My papa was a great old [C#m] man.
[E] I can see him with his shovel in his hand.
[D#m] See, [F#] education he never
[C#m] had.
[E] But he did wonders when the time got [D#m] bad.
The little [F#] money from the crops he [C#m] raised [E] barely paid the bills we made.
[B] Poor life had [Bm] kicked him down to the ground [E] when he tried to get up.
[B] Life would take a man down.
One day papa called me [Bm] to his dining bed, [E] put his hands on my shoulders [B] and in tears he said,
Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son to pull the family [D#] through.
[F#m] My son it's [E] all left up to you.
[D#] [C#m]
[D#m] Two days later papa [E] passed away.
I became a man that day.
[D#m] So I told mama I was going to quit school but [E] she said that was daddy's strictest rule.
[F#] So every morning before I went to school [E] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too.
[B] Sometimes I felt [Bm] that I couldn't go on.
[E] I wanted to leave just [B] run away from home.
But I would remember [Bm] what my daddy said [E] with tears in his eyes [B] on his dining bed.
He said, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
I tried to do [B] my best.
It's up to [E] you to do the rest.
[G#] [C#m] [F#]
[B] Then one day a strong rain [D#m] came and washed all the crops away.
[D#] And at the [F#m] age of 13 I thought I was carrying [E] the weight of the [G#] whole world [C#m] on my shoulders.
[G#m]
And [G#] you know mama knew what I was going [C#m] through.
Cause [F#] every day I had to work the [C#m] fields.
Cause that's the only way we got our meals.
But did you [D#m] see I was the oldest of the [C#m] family.
And everybody else depended on [D#m] me.
Every night I heard my mama pray.
[C#m] Lord give him strength to face another day.
[B] For years the past [Bm] and all the fears were gone.
[E] The angels took mama to [B] a brand new home.
Lord knows people [Bm] I shed tears [E] but my daddy's voice [B] kept me through the years.
Saying Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
To pull the [B] family through.
My son it's [E] all left up to [G#] you.
I can still hear [C#m] papa when he [F#] said, [B] Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
I tried to do [B] my best.
It's up to [E] you to do the rest.
[G#] I can still [C#m] hear papa when [F#] he said, [B] Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
Key:
E
B
D#m
C#m
F#
E
B
D#m
[B] _ _ _ I was born and raised down in [D#m] Alabama on a farm way back up in the woods.
_ [F#m] I was so raggedy folks used to call me Patches.
[E] Papa [G#m] used to tease me [C#] about it because [E] deep down [G#] inside he was hurt because he done all [C#m] he could. _
_ [F#] _ My papa was a great old [C#m] man.
[E] I can see him with his shovel in his hand.
[D#m] See, _ [F#] education he never _
[C#m] had.
[E] But he did wonders when the time got [D#m] bad.
The little [F#] money from the crops he [C#m] raised [E] barely paid the bills we made.
[B] Poor life had [Bm] kicked him down to the ground [E] when he tried to get up.
[B] Life would take a man down.
One day papa called me [Bm] to his dining bed, [E] put his hands on my shoulders [B] and in tears he said,
Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son _ to pull the family [D#] through.
_ [F#m] My son it's [E] all left up to _ you.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ Two days later papa [E] passed away.
_ I became a man that day.
[D#m] So I told mama I was going to quit school but [E] she said that was daddy's strictest rule.
_ [F#] So every morning before I went to school [E] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too.
[B] Sometimes I felt [Bm] that I couldn't go on.
[E] I wanted to leave just [B] run away from home.
But I would remember [Bm] what my daddy said [E] with tears in his eyes [B] on his dining bed.
He said, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ I tried to do [B] my best.
_ It's up to [E] you to do the _ rest.
[G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ Then one day a strong rain [D#m] came and washed all the crops away. _
_ [D#] And at the [F#m] age of 13 I thought I was carrying [E] the weight of the [G#] whole world [C#m] on my shoulders.
[G#m]
And [G#] you know mama knew what I was going [C#m] through.
Cause [F#] _ every day I had to work the [C#m] fields.
Cause that's the only way we got our meals.
But did you [D#m] see I was the oldest of the _ [C#m] family.
_ And everybody else depended on [D#m] me.
Every night I heard my mama pray.
[C#m] Lord give him strength to face another day.
[B] For years the past [Bm] and all the fears were gone.
[E] The angels took mama to [B] a brand new home.
Lord knows people [Bm] I shed tears [E] but my daddy's voice [B] kept me through the years.
Saying Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ To pull the [B] family through.
My son it's [E] all left up to _ [G#] you.
I can still hear [C#m] papa when he [F#] said, _ [B] _ Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ I tried to do [B] my best.
_ It's up to [E] you to do the _ rest.
[G#] _ I can still [C#m] hear papa when [F#] he said, [B] _ Patches, I'm _ depending on [D#m] you son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] I was so raggedy folks used to call me Patches.
[E] Papa [G#m] used to tease me [C#] about it because [E] deep down [G#] inside he was hurt because he done all [C#m] he could. _
_ [F#] _ My papa was a great old [C#m] man.
[E] I can see him with his shovel in his hand.
[D#m] See, _ [F#] education he never _
[C#m] had.
[E] But he did wonders when the time got [D#m] bad.
The little [F#] money from the crops he [C#m] raised [E] barely paid the bills we made.
[B] Poor life had [Bm] kicked him down to the ground [E] when he tried to get up.
[B] Life would take a man down.
One day papa called me [Bm] to his dining bed, [E] put his hands on my shoulders [B] and in tears he said,
Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son _ to pull the family [D#] through.
_ [F#m] My son it's [E] all left up to _ you.
[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ Two days later papa [E] passed away.
_ I became a man that day.
[D#m] So I told mama I was going to quit school but [E] she said that was daddy's strictest rule.
_ [F#] So every morning before I went to school [E] I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too.
[B] Sometimes I felt [Bm] that I couldn't go on.
[E] I wanted to leave just [B] run away from home.
But I would remember [Bm] what my daddy said [E] with tears in his eyes [B] on his dining bed.
He said, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ I tried to do [B] my best.
_ It's up to [E] you to do the _ rest.
[G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ Then one day a strong rain [D#m] came and washed all the crops away. _
_ [D#] And at the [F#m] age of 13 I thought I was carrying [E] the weight of the [G#] whole world [C#m] on my shoulders.
[G#m]
And [G#] you know mama knew what I was going [C#m] through.
Cause [F#] _ every day I had to work the [C#m] fields.
Cause that's the only way we got our meals.
But did you [D#m] see I was the oldest of the _ [C#m] family.
_ And everybody else depended on [D#m] me.
Every night I heard my mama pray.
[C#m] Lord give him strength to face another day.
[B] For years the past [Bm] and all the fears were gone.
[E] The angels took mama to [B] a brand new home.
Lord knows people [Bm] I shed tears [E] but my daddy's voice [B] kept me through the years.
Saying Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ To pull the [B] family through.
My son it's [E] all left up to _ [G#] you.
I can still hear [C#m] papa when he [F#] said, _ [B] _ Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you son.
_ I tried to do [B] my best.
_ It's up to [E] you to do the _ rest.
[G#] _ I can still [C#m] hear papa when [F#] he said, [B] _ Patches, I'm _ depending on [D#m] you son. _ _ _ _ _
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