Chords for I Love You, Son -- Live 2008
Tempo:
64.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I Love You, Son, for me, speaks of the love of a father for a son, and that no matter
what they do, you're always going to love them and do whatever you can to help them.
And so it [G] talks about the relationship between a father and a son, [D] but also between a child
and a father in heaven.
[G] A little boy [Bm] sits on a chair, [Em] waiting for his dad, [G] [Am]
scared and crying, [C] because he'd been [D] bad.
[G]
Stole a toy [Bm] on a dare [Em] from the corner drug [G] store, [Am] but he got caught [C] slipping out the door.
[G] [D] [G] And finally [D] when his pa [G] arrived, the boy [D] couldn't [Em] look him [D] in the [Am] eye and [C] said,
Oh dad, I know [D] you hate me, [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
[G] Then he turned 16, [Em] with a license to [G] drive.
[Am] [C] Stereo loud, girl by [D] his side.
[G] Lost control on [Bm] a curve, [Em] the car [G] overturned.
[Am] They [C] crawled out and watched that Mustang [D] burn.
[C] And from a sheriff's [D] station telephone, [G] he [D] found [Em] the old [G] man at [Am] home and said,
[C] Oh dad, you're [D] gonna hate me, [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
[F]
36, which should have been, was [G] in an awful mess.
[F] Broken dreams, a broken home, [G] broken promises.
[C] So from the valley of [D] his dark [G] despair,
[D] rose a [Em] first attempt [D] at prayer, [Am] he said.
[C] Oh [G] lord, I know you hate me, [D] [C] but in disbelief he heard the [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, [Am] just tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can [Am] solve [G] them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it [D] out, you'll see.
[Em] I love you [D] son.
[C] [D] [G]
what they do, you're always going to love them and do whatever you can to help them.
And so it [G] talks about the relationship between a father and a son, [D] but also between a child
and a father in heaven.
[G] A little boy [Bm] sits on a chair, [Em] waiting for his dad, [G] [Am]
scared and crying, [C] because he'd been [D] bad.
[G]
Stole a toy [Bm] on a dare [Em] from the corner drug [G] store, [Am] but he got caught [C] slipping out the door.
[G] [D] [G] And finally [D] when his pa [G] arrived, the boy [D] couldn't [Em] look him [D] in the [Am] eye and [C] said,
Oh dad, I know [D] you hate me, [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
[G] Then he turned 16, [Em] with a license to [G] drive.
[Am] [C] Stereo loud, girl by [D] his side.
[G] Lost control on [Bm] a curve, [Em] the car [G] overturned.
[Am] They [C] crawled out and watched that Mustang [D] burn.
[C] And from a sheriff's [D] station telephone, [G] he [D] found [Em] the old [G] man at [Am] home and said,
[C] Oh dad, you're [D] gonna hate me, [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
[F]
36, which should have been, was [G] in an awful mess.
[F] Broken dreams, a broken home, [G] broken promises.
[C] So from the valley of [D] his dark [G] despair,
[D] rose a [Em] first attempt [D] at prayer, [Am] he said.
[C] Oh [G] lord, I know you hate me, [D] [C] but in disbelief he heard the [D] father say,
[G] I love you son, [Am] just tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can [Am] solve [G] them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it [D] out, you'll see.
[Em] I love you [D] son.
[C] [D] [G]
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I Love You, Son, for me, speaks of the love of a father for a son, and that no matter
what they do, you're always going to love them and do whatever you can to help them.
And so it [G] talks about the relationship between a father and a son, [D] but also between a child
and a father in heaven.
[G] A little boy [Bm] sits on a chair, [Em] waiting for his dad, [G] _ _ [Am] _
scared and crying, [C] because he'd been [D] bad.
_ [G]
Stole a toy [Bm] on a dare [Em] from the corner drug [G] store, [Am] but he got caught [C] slipping out the door.
[G] _ [D] [G] And finally [D] when his pa [G] arrived, the boy [D] couldn't [Em] look him [D] in the [Am] eye and [C] said,
Oh dad, I know [D] you hate me, _ [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
_ [G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
_ [G] Then he turned 16, [Em] with a license to [G] drive.
_ [Am] _ [C] Stereo loud, girl by [D] his side.
[G] Lost control on [Bm] a curve, [Em] the car [G] overturned.
[Am] They [C] crawled out and watched that Mustang [D] burn.
[C] And from a sheriff's [D] station telephone, [G] he [D] found [Em] the old [G] man at [Am] home and said,
[C] Oh dad, you're [D] gonna hate me, _ [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
_ [F] _
36, which should have been, was [G] in an awful mess.
_ _ [F] Broken dreams, a broken home, [G] broken promises.
_ [C] So from the valley of [D] his dark [G] despair,
[D] rose a [Em] first attempt [D] at prayer, [Am] he said.
[C] Oh [G] lord, I know you hate me, [D] _ [C] but in disbelief he heard the [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, [Am] just tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can [Am] solve [G] them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it [D] out, you'll see.
[Em] I love you [D] son.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
what they do, you're always going to love them and do whatever you can to help them.
And so it [G] talks about the relationship between a father and a son, [D] but also between a child
and a father in heaven.
[G] A little boy [Bm] sits on a chair, [Em] waiting for his dad, [G] _ _ [Am] _
scared and crying, [C] because he'd been [D] bad.
_ [G]
Stole a toy [Bm] on a dare [Em] from the corner drug [G] store, [Am] but he got caught [C] slipping out the door.
[G] _ [D] [G] And finally [D] when his pa [G] arrived, the boy [D] couldn't [Em] look him [D] in the [Am] eye and [C] said,
Oh dad, I know [D] you hate me, _ [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
_ [G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
_ [G] Then he turned 16, [Em] with a license to [G] drive.
_ [Am] _ [C] Stereo loud, girl by [D] his side.
[G] Lost control on [Bm] a curve, [Em] the car [G] overturned.
[Am] They [C] crawled out and watched that Mustang [D] burn.
[C] And from a sheriff's [D] station telephone, [G] he [D] found [Em] the old [G] man at [Am] home and said,
[C] Oh dad, you're [D] gonna hate me, _ [C] but in disbelief he heard his [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, just [Am] tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can solve [D] them.
[G] Talk it out with me, we'll work it out, [D] you'll see.
[C] I love you son.
_ [F] _
36, which should have been, was [G] in an awful mess.
_ _ [F] Broken dreams, a broken home, [G] broken promises.
_ [C] So from the valley of [D] his dark [G] despair,
[D] rose a [Em] first attempt [D] at prayer, [Am] he said.
[C] Oh [G] lord, I know you hate me, [D] _ [C] but in disbelief he heard the [D] father say,
_ [G] I love you son, [Am] just tell me what you've done.
[G] Life's full of problems, together [C] we can [Am] solve [G] them.
Talk it out with me, we'll work it [D] out, you'll see.
[Em] I love you [D] son.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _