Chords for BOBBY WOMACK - COLOR HIM FATHER

_ _ _ _ _ [E] You know, [D] it's a sad [E] situation that we're [C#m] faced with today.
[E] _
[F#m] Fathers making [E] babies and running off [E] and leaving them.
_ _ _ _ But check it out. _
[D] _ [C#] There's a man in my house.
[Bm] He's [G#m] so big and strong.
[C#] Goes to each bed [Bm] and he stays [A] all day long.
[F#] Comes home each night [Bm] looking [E] tired and weak.
Sits down at the dinner table [Bm] and he has a bite to [C#m] eat.
Never a frown, [Bm] [F#m] always a smile.
[C#m] When he says to me, [Bm] how's my child?
I say, [C#m] Daddy, I've been studying hard [Bm] [D] all day long in school.
[C#m] Try to understand, understand [Bm] the golden rule.
I think I'll [E] call this man Father.
[F#] I [Bm] _ [E]
think I'll call him Love.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#] _ [E] I think I'll call him [F#] Father.
_ _ [Bm] I [A] think I'll call this man Love.
Yes, I will.
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] He [F#] says education is a [Bm] thing [C#m] if you want to [G#m] compete.
[C#] Without a son, _ [Bm] [A] life ain't very sweet.
I [F#] love this man [Bm] and I don't know [C#m] why.
It's what [A] I need to [F#] spend until [Bm] the [A] day I die.
[C#m] _
My mother loved [Bm] him, oh, I can tell.
[C#m] By the way she looks at him when he [Bm] holds my little sister's nail.
[C#m] _
Heard her say [Bm] just the other day [C#m] that if it had not been for him,
she couldn't have found [D] her way.
[E] I think I'll call this man Father.
_ [B] I think I'll call [E] him Love.
_ _ [Bm] I think I'll [E] call him Father. _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ I think I'll call this [E] man Love.
Yes, I will.
_ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _ I'm _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] not killed in the war.
Mother knew [F#] with seven kids [Bm] she couldn't [A] have gotten very far. _
[F#] She swore [Bm] she'd never, never love again.
[F#m] But there he stood [Bm] with that [C#m] big, wide grin.
I love this [Bm] man and I don't know [C#m] why.
And I'll need to spend [Bm] until the day I die.
[C#m] _ _
_ _ [D] And I can tell you why.
[C#m] _ _
Always [A] there standing, [D] standing by her [E] side.
I'm calling Father.
_ [Bm] _ Got to call [E] him Love.
_ _ _ [A] I think I'll call him [F#]
Father.
_ [Bm] _ _ I think I'll [E] call this man Love.
Yes, I will.
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Yes, [E] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I [Bm] will.
Got to call [E] him Love.
_ _ _ [E] I think I'll call him Father.
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ I think I'll [E] call this man Love.
Yes, I [D] _ [B] will.
_ [E] _ _
I [Bm] think I'll call this man Father.
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_ _ [Bm] [A] I think I'll call [E] this man Love. _
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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