Chords for Catie Curtis - My Dad's Yard

He and my mom live in Maine and they're just the definition of frugal.
I mean, they _ _ _ keep everything.
It's more my dad.
In fact, my mom's a little upset with me because ever since [B] the song,
my dad really, really never throws anything away.
And I mean, when we were kids, _ we would attach a trailer to the car,
an empty trailer to the car when we would go to dump a few bags of trash off at the dump
just in case we found something [C#] special.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ [A#] And often we did.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ But it's just a whole different mindset.
_ [N] I'm running around the country with my cell phone and making calls willy-nilly.
They live in 207.
That's the area code for the state of Maine.
And they don't call outside of 207.
You get a handwritten note or you [A] have to go visit, basically,
unless it's something really important.
Because you don't call outside of your area code.
[Am] _ I have _ _
[D] two daughters, a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old.
And the 4-year-old goes to this sweet little preschool where they had Grandparents Day. _
_ [G#] And they were the only grandparents that didn't respond,
even though they were coming from Maine to Boston to go to Grandparents Day.
And I called them up and I said, what's going on?
Are you guys going to RSVP?
And they said, well, it's out of our _ area code.
_ [D#] Thought you'd call them for us.
_ _ [C] Okay.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ He's got an [A] old chair.
[D] It's got no [E] seat.
_ [D] _ _
Cracked snowshoes and warped wooden skis. _
_ _ Hardcover books.
Pages all turned brown.
My dad has a reason for everything he keeps [A] around.
_ [G] If you need [D] something, _ times get _ [A] hard.
You can probably find it. _
My [F#m] dad's [D] yard.
_ If you need hope, if you're coming apart,
_ [A]
you can surely find it [E] in my _
[D] dad's heart. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] You never really know just what might be in [E] store. _
[D] If you go in the [A] barn and open [D] boxes on the second floor,
_ _ _ _ underneath the paper, _ crumpled up in balls,
you might find a gem or you might find nothing [A] at all.
[D] _ And that's the [A] fun of it.
_ [D]
It's that mystery.
_ _ And all these things bearing other people's history.
You _ can look at this stuff, wonder where it's been.
_ Or you can pick it up and you can use it [A] again.
_ [D] If you need something, _ _ times get hard.
[A] You can probably find it.
_ My [F#m] dad's [D] yard.
_ If you need hope, if you're coming apart,
[E] you can surely find it in my _ [G] _
dad's [D] heart. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, he can see the [A] beauty _ [D] beneath the dust and the grime.
[A] _
He [D] can see [A] potential [D] where the rest of us are blind.
He _ will polish the grave until it shines clear blue.
And if you know my dad, well, he won't give [A] up on you.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ So _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ if you need something, when times get hard,
[A] you can probably find it.
[D] _ [F#m] My dad's [D] yard.
[G]
If you need love, if you're coming _ apart,
[E] you can surely find it [A]
in my [G] _ dad's [D] heart. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Ooh. _ _
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [N] _ _ _
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