Chords for Guy Clark - Randall Knife (live)

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Guy Clark - Randall Knife (live) chords
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I'm trying to figure out if you played the Randall knife underneath the shoulders down this way at all.
I mean I'd love to have you do it if you would.
Yeah, I'll do it.
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[Gm] [Fm]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
My father had a Randall [Bb] knife.
[Fm] My mother gave it to him.
[Bb] When he went off to World War II
[Fm] to save us all [Eb] from ruin.
Now if you've ever held a Randall knife,
[Ab] you know my father well.
[Bb] Because if a better blade was ever made,
it was [Ab] probably [Fm] forged in [Eb] hell.
Well my father was a good man.
[Fm] He was a lawyer by his trade.
[Bb] And only once did I ever see [Db] him misuse the blade.
[Eb]
Well it almost cut his thumb [Gm] off.
[Fm] When he [Ab] took it for a tool,
[F] [Bb] a knife was made for darker things.
[Fm] He could not bend [Eb] the rules.
Well he let me take it camping once
[Bb] [Ab] on a Boy Scout jamboree.
[Bb] I broke a half an inch off
trying to [E] stick it [Fm] in a tree.
[Eb]
Well I hid it from him for a while
[Bb] [Ab] with a knife [Fm] and he were one.
[Bb] And he put it in his bottom drawer
[Fm] without a hard [Eb] word one.
There it slept.
There it [Ab] stayed
for twenty some odd years.
[Bb] Sort of like Excalibur
[Fm] except waiting for [Eb] a tear.
[Bb] [Ab]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] My father died when I was [Gm] forty.
[Ab] I couldn't find a way to cry.
[Bb] Not because I didn't love him.
[Fm] Not because he [Eb] didn't try.
I'd cried for every lesser thing.
[Bb] [Ab] For whiskey, pain, and beauty.
[Bb] But he deserved a better tear.
[Fm] And I was not [Eb] quite ready.
So we took his ashes out to [Gm] sea
[Fm] and [Ab] poured them off the stern.
[Bb] And then threw the roses in the wake
[Fm] of everything we'd [Eb] learned.
When we got back to the house
[Bb] [F] they [Ab] asked me what I wanted.
[Bb] Not the law books.
Not the watch.
[Fm] I found he'd the thing he's [Eb] haunted.
Oh my hand burned for the Randall knife
[Ab] there in the bottom drawer.
[Bb] And I found a tear for my father's life
[Fm] and all that it stood [Eb] for.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm trying to figure out if you played the Randall knife underneath the shoulders down this way at all.
I mean I'd love to have you do it if you would.
Yeah, I'll do it. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
My father had a Randall [Bb] knife.
_ [Fm] My mother gave it to him.
_ _ [Bb] _ When he went off to World War II
[Fm] to save us all [Eb] from ruin.
_ _ _ _ Now if you've ever held a Randall knife,
_ [Ab] _ _ you know my father well.
_ _ [Bb] _ Because if a better blade was ever made,
it was [Ab] probably [Fm] forged in [Eb] hell. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well my father was a good man.
_ [Fm] _ He was a lawyer by his trade.
_ [Bb] And only once did I ever see [Db] him misuse the blade.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well it almost cut his thumb [Gm] off.
[Fm] When he [Ab] took it for a tool,
_ [F] [Bb] a knife was made for darker things.
[Fm] He could not bend [Eb] the rules. _
_ _ _ _ _ Well he let me take it camping once
[Bb] [Ab] on a Boy Scout jamboree.
_ _ [Bb] I broke a half an inch off
trying to [E] stick it [Fm] in a tree.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well I hid it from him for a while
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] with a knife [Fm] and he were one.
_ [Bb] _ And he put it in his bottom drawer
[Fm] without a hard [Eb] word one.
_ _ _ _ _ There it slept.
There it [Ab] stayed
for twenty some odd years.
_ _ [Bb] _ Sort of like Excalibur
_ [Fm] except waiting for [Eb] a tear. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ My father died when I was [Gm] forty.
_ [Ab] I couldn't find a way to cry.
_ [Bb] _ Not because I didn't love him. _
[Fm] Not because he [Eb] didn't try. _ _ _
_ _ I'd cried for every lesser thing.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] For whiskey, pain, and beauty. _
_ [Bb] _ But he deserved a better tear. _
[Fm] And I was not [Eb] quite ready. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So we took his ashes out to [Gm] sea
[Fm] and [Ab] poured them off the stern.
_ _ [Bb] _ And then threw the roses in the wake
[Fm] of everything we'd [Eb] learned. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When we got back to the house
[Bb] _ [F] they [Ab] asked me what I wanted.
_ _ [Bb] _ Not the law books.
Not the watch.
[Fm] I found he'd the thing he's [Eb] haunted.
_ _ _ _ _ Oh my hand burned for the Randall knife
_ [Ab] there in the bottom drawer.
_ [Bb] _ And I found a tear for my father's life
[Fm] and all that it stood [Eb] for. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _

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