Chords for GEORGE STRAIT - A father's Love
Tempo:
100.8 bpm
Chords used:
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E
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] You're my honey bun sugar plum, pumpy yummy yumkin, you're [A] my sweetie [C] pie, you're my cupcake gumdrop, snickle spookum, you're the apple [F] of my [D] eye.
I got sent home from school one [G] day with a shatter [D] on my eye.
Fighting was against the rules and it didn't [F#m] matter why.
[G] When dad got home I [A] told that story [D] just like [G] I'd rehearsed.
Then [D] stood there on those trembling [A] knees and waited [D] for the worst.
And he said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
He said [G] daddies don't [A] just love their [D] children every [G] now and then.
[D] It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
When I became a father [G] in the spring of [D] 81, there was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my [A] father's son.
[G] And when I thought [A] my patience had [D] been tested [G] to the end,
I took [D] my daddy's secret and [A] I passed it on [D] to him.
I said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
He [G] said daddies [A] don't just love their [D] children every now [G] and then.
[D] It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
[B]
[E] Last night I dreamed I died and stood [A] outside those [E] pearly gates.
When suddenly I realized there must be [B] some mistake.
[A]
They know [B] half the things I've done [E] they'll never let [A] me in.
Then [E] somewhere from the other side [B] I heard these words [E] again.
They said let me tell you a secret [A] about a [E] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just [B] between us.
He [A] said daddies don't [B] just love their [E] children every now and [A] then.
[E] It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen.
It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen.
[D]
I got sent home from school one day [G] with a shatter on my
I got sent home from school one [G] day with a shatter [D] on my eye.
Fighting was against the rules and it didn't [F#m] matter why.
[G] When dad got home I [A] told that story [D] just like [G] I'd rehearsed.
Then [D] stood there on those trembling [A] knees and waited [D] for the worst.
And he said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
He said [G] daddies don't [A] just love their [D] children every [G] now and then.
[D] It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
When I became a father [G] in the spring of [D] 81, there was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my [A] father's son.
[G] And when I thought [A] my patience had [D] been tested [G] to the end,
I took [D] my daddy's secret and [A] I passed it on [D] to him.
I said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
He [G] said daddies [A] don't just love their [D] children every now [G] and then.
[D] It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
[B]
[E] Last night I dreamed I died and stood [A] outside those [E] pearly gates.
When suddenly I realized there must be [B] some mistake.
[A]
They know [B] half the things I've done [E] they'll never let [A] me in.
Then [E] somewhere from the other side [B] I heard these words [E] again.
They said let me tell you a secret [A] about a [E] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just [B] between us.
He [A] said daddies don't [B] just love their [E] children every now and [A] then.
[E] It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen.
It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen.
[D]
I got sent home from school one day [G] with a shatter on my
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ You're my honey bun sugar plum, pumpy yummy yumkin, you're [A] my sweetie [C] pie, you're my cupcake gumdrop, snickle spookum, you're the apple [F] of my [D] eye.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got sent home from school one [G] day with a shatter [D] on my eye.
Fighting was against the rules and it didn't [F#m] matter why.
_ _ [G] When dad got home I [A] told that story [D] just like [G] I'd rehearsed.
Then [D] stood there on those trembling [A] knees and waited [D] for the worst.
_ And he said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us. _ _
He said [G] daddies don't [A] just love their [D] children every [G] now and then.
_ _ [D] It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
_ _ _ It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
_ _ When I became a father [G] in the spring of [D] 81, there was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my [A] father's son.
_ _ [G] And when I thought [A] my patience had [D] been tested [G] to the end,
_ _ I took [D] my daddy's secret and [A] I passed it on [D] to him.
I said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
_ He [G] said daddies [A] don't just love their [D] children every now [G] and then. _ _
[D] It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen. _
_ It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Last night I dreamed I died and stood [A] outside those [E] pearly gates.
_ _ When suddenly I realized there must be [B] some mistake.
_ _ _ [A]
They know [B] half the things I've done [E] they'll never let [A] me in.
_ Then [E] somewhere from the other side [B] I heard these words [E] again.
_ They said let me tell you a secret [A] about a [E] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just [B] between us.
_ He [A] said daddies don't [B] just love their [E] children every now and [A] then. _ _ _ _
[E] It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen. _ _
_ It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got sent home from school one day [G] with a shatter on my_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got sent home from school one [G] day with a shatter [D] on my eye.
Fighting was against the rules and it didn't [F#m] matter why.
_ _ [G] When dad got home I [A] told that story [D] just like [G] I'd rehearsed.
Then [D] stood there on those trembling [A] knees and waited [D] for the worst.
_ And he said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us. _ _
He said [G] daddies don't [A] just love their [D] children every [G] now and then.
_ _ [D] It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
_ _ _ It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen.
_ _ When I became a father [G] in the spring of [D] 81, there was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my [A] father's son.
_ _ [G] And when I thought [A] my patience had [D] been tested [G] to the end,
_ _ I took [D] my daddy's secret and [A] I passed it on [D] to him.
I said, let me tell you a secret [G] about a [D] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just between [A] us.
_ He [G] said daddies [A] don't just love their [D] children every now [G] and then. _ _
[D] It's a love [A] without end, [D] amen. _
_ It's a love without [A] end, [D] amen.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] Last night I dreamed I died and stood [A] outside those [E] pearly gates.
_ _ When suddenly I realized there must be [B] some mistake.
_ _ _ [A]
They know [B] half the things I've done [E] they'll never let [A] me in.
_ Then [E] somewhere from the other side [B] I heard these words [E] again.
_ They said let me tell you a secret [A] about a [E] father's love.
A secret that my daddy said was just [B] between us.
_ He [A] said daddies don't [B] just love their [E] children every now and [A] then. _ _ _ _
[E] It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen. _ _
_ It's a love without [B] end, [E] amen. _
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I got sent home from school one day [G] with a shatter on my_