Chords for Chet Atkins - Steel Guitar Rag

_ _ _ _ _ Look in the mirror and try to be like him.
_ Now I do like him, look like him.
I'm just like him.
_ I look in the mirror.
I see my dad _
Still missing.
[A] He's been gone a long time.
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_ _ _ _ [A] When I was [E] _ _ [A] young, my dad would say _
Come on, [E] son.
Let's go [A] out [D] and play
_ _ Sometimes it seems [A] _
like [E] yesterday
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] And [A]
then when [E] I [D] was by [E] myself _ [A] _ I'd climb [A] up the closet [D] shelf
_ [A] Grab his hand [E] _ _ [D] and fix [E] the brim _ _ _ _ _ Pretending [E] I [A] was him _ _ _ _ _
_ No [E] matter _ how [D] hard [A] I try [E] No matter _ how [D] many tears I [A] cry
[E] No matter how many [Gbm]
[Dbm] years go [Eb] by _ [B] _ [Bm] I still can't [Bm] say _ [D] goodbye _
_ _ He _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [A] _ always [E] took care of [D] mom and [E] me _ [A] _
We all cut down the [A] Christmas [D] tree
_ _ [A] He always [E] had [D] some time [E] for me
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_ [D] _ [E] Wind blows through the [Gbm] tree _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ Streetlights, they [E] still shine [A] bright
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Most [E] things are [Gbm] the same [A] But I [B] miss my dad [Bm] tonight
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I _ _ _ [A] walked by a [E] _
Salvation [D] Army store _ _ [A] _
Saw [E] a hat [A] like my daddy wore
_ _ Tried it [E] on _ _ and fixed the [E] brim _ _ _ [Gbm] I'm still trying [E] to be like [A] him _
_ _ _ _ _ _ No matter _ how [D] hard I [A] try No matter _ how many [D] tears I [A] cry
No [E] matter _ how many [Gbm] _ years [Eb] go by [B] _ _ I [Bm] still [E] can't say [D] goodbye _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ I miss you, papa. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ miss [D] _ [F] you, papa.
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