VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by HarmonyHalo
To learn Conway Twitty - Thats My Job chords with lyrics, practice the chord sequence Bm, E, A, D, A, F#m, D, E. Kick off your practice at a gentle 51 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 104 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: A.
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Fm _ _
C _ _ _ _ _ .
F _
A# _ _ _ _
Bm _
A# _ _ .
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C A I _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
D _ _
A _ .
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D _ _ _ _
E _ _
A _ .
_ _ _ _ _ woke up crying
F#m late at night
D when
G# I was
A very young.
_ _
D _ I had dreamed
A my father had
Bm _ passed away
E and gone.
_ _
A My world
F#m revolved around him.
I
D couldn't lie
E there
A anymore.
_ So
D I made my way
A down the mirrored hall
Bm and tapped
E upon
A his door.
And I said,
D _ Daddy,
A I'm so afraid.
How
Bm will I go on with
A you gone that way?.
Don't want
D to cry anymore.
A So may I stay with
Bm you?
_ .
_
E _ And he
D said, That's
E A my job.
_ _
D _ That's
E what
A I do.
_ _
D _ Everything
E I do
A is because
D I'll do to keep you
E safe
F#m with me.
_ _
D That's
E my
A job, you see.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ Later we barely
F#m got along, _
D this teenage
E A boy and he.
_ .
D Most of the fights, it seems,
A were over different
Bm dreams we each held
E for me.
_ .
_
A He wanted knowledge
F#m and learning.
_ .
D I wanted
E to fly
A out west.
I said
D I could make it out there
F#m if I just had the fare.
Bm I got half.
E Will you loan me
A the rest?.
And I
D said, Daddy,
A I'm so afraid.
Bm There's no guarantee in
A the plans I've made.
And
D if I should fail, who
A will pay my way
Bm back home?.
_ _
E _ And he
D said, That's
E my
A job.
_ .
_
D _ That's
E what
A I do.
_ .
_
D _ Everything I
E do
A is because
D.
I'll do to keep
E you safe
F#m with me.
_ .
A _
D That's
E my
A job, you see.
_ .
_
F#m _ Every person
C#m carves his spot and
D fills
E the
A hole with light.
D And I pray someday
F# I might
Bm light as bright _ as
E he.
_ .
_ _ _ _
A _ Woke up early
F#m one bright fall day
D to
E spread the
A tragic news.
_
D After all my travel,
A I settled down
Bm within a mile or
E two.
_
F#m _
E _
A I make my
F#m living with words and rhymes.
_
D And
E all this
A tragedy _ should
D go into my head
A and out instead
Bm as
E bits of
A poetry.
But I
D say, Daddy,
A I'm so afraid.
Bm How will I go on
A with you gone this way?.
D How can I come up
A with a song to say
Bm I love you?.
_
E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _
E That's my
A job.
_ _ .
D _ That's
E what
A I do.
_ _ .
D _ Everything
E I do is
A because
D I'll do to keep you
E safe with
F#m me.
_ _ .
D That's my
E job, you
A see.
_ _ .
D _ Everything
E I do is
A because
D I'll do to keep you
E safe with
F#m me.
_ _ .
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D _ _
E _ _
A _ _ _ .
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