Chords for George Jones & B.B. King ~ Patches ***A MASTERPIECE***

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_ _ _ _ _ I was born and [C#m] raised down in [E] Alabama on a farm way back up in the [C#] woods
Why I was so ragged folks used to call me [A] Patrick
Papa used to tease [Bm] me about it, but deep down [F#] inside dad was hurting cause he'd [Bm] done the best he could
[A] My [E] papa was a great old [G] man
I can [D] see him with a shovel in [A] his hand
[E] Education that he never [E] had
But he [D] did once when the times got bad
The [E] little money from the crops we raised
[D] Barely paid the bills we [A] made
Oh life, he whipped [Am] him down to the ground
[D] When he tried to get up [A] life would kick him back down
On the day papa called [Am] me to his dying bed
[D] Placed his hand on my [A] shoulders and in tears he said
I kid, I'm depending on you [E] son
To pull the family [C#] through
My son [D] it's all left up to you
_ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ Two days [E] later papa passed away
I [D] became a man that day
[E] Every day I had to work the fields
Cause [D] that's the only way we got our mail
See I [E] was the oldest of the family
And [D] everybody was depending on me
[A] I'll give the pass and [Am] everybody's drunk
[A] Mama's been living in a brand new home
Lord knows it took a [Am] lot of sweat and tears
[D] And my daddy's boy to [A] help her through the years He said
I kid, I'm depending on [E] you son
To pull the [G] family through
My son it's [D] all left up to you
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[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] Daddy had been sick for a long time
Flat on his [Am] back
Every evening after we'd finish our chores and eat our [Bm] dinner
We'd all go into papa's [F#] room
To cheer [Bm] him up a little
[A] And this particular day dad was in good spirits
[E] Sitting on the side of the bed telling mama how good [A] she looked
When all of a sudden papa had a [D] painless chest
I was too young to understand
[F#] Talking about a heart attack here
[Bm] _ [A] Mama rushed us all out of the room into the hallway
About ten [C#m] minutes later she [G#m] came out with tears in her eyes
[A] She called out to me Patches, Patches
Get [A] in here boy
[Bm] Your daddy want to see you
_ [F#] I went [Bm] running into papa's room
[A] There papa lay
Daddy had tears in his [C#m] eyes
I knew something was wrong
[Em] Daddy was a poor man
But all of my life
He'd been a [D] proud man
[D] I knelt down on one knee [F#] beside the bed
[Bm] Papa put his hand on my shoulder
[A] He said, Patches, Patches
Boy, [G#m] the hammer wiped and beat your old papa down to the ground
[Em] And I ain't got [C#] nobody to turn to
To take care of mama [A] and the youngin'
So what I want you [D] to do to promise me son
Is [F#] that you're gonna do your best to [Bm] help your mama
As much as you [A] can
I said, Papa, I'm gonna do my best
[C#m] But little did I know then like I know now
That [A] trying to climb life's mountains
Searching for a top where there [D] ain't no top
Sometimes you find yourself frustrated, [F#] lazy
But every time I feel like I can't live my [A] life like I want to
My mind goes back to that day
When I see [C#m] those tears in my daddy's eyes
But most of all I remember his [Am] words
Patches, I'm depending on you boy
Every [A] time I feel like giving up I [D] hear his voice
_ [F#] Patches, Patches, Patches, [A] Patches
I'm depending [C#m] on you son
I've tried [G] to do my best
It's up to [D] you to do the [F#] rest
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
I've tried to [A] do my best
It's up to [D] you to do the rest
[A] Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
You pull [A] the family through
My son, it's [D] all up to [A] you
Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
I've tried to [A] do my best
It's up to [D] you to do the [A] rest
Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
You pull the [A] family through
My son, it's [D] all up to you
[A] Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
I've tried to [G] do my best
It's up to [D] you to do the rest
[A] Patches, I'm depending [E] on you son
You pull the [C#] family through
My son, it's [D] all up to you
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