Chords for I Never Knew My Father

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_ _ _ It was 25 years ago _ [F] when I began [C] my life
The second child of a woman who [D] tried hard to raise [G] us right
_ [F] She married [C] a man [E] when I was just [Am] a babe
_ [F] Who treated me [C] just like his own, [G] even giving me [C] his name
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[F] _ never knew [C] my father, _ _
[E] I only knew [Am] his name _
[F] I never knew [G] the way he [F] moved, how he talked or [G] what he said
[F] _ Now I'm [C] grown and my mama says, you're like [G] your daddy, just [C] the _ same
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Sometimes I got to wondering _ [F] about this man I never [C] knew
But I find myself into something [D] just the way he used [G] to do _ _
[F] Heard stories all [C] my _ life [E] of how he loved [Am] to sing _ _
[F] And how he [C] would take apart [G] and fix most anything _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] I never knew [C] my father, _ _ [E] I only knew [Am] his name
_ _ [F] I never knew [G] the way he [F] moved, how he talked [G] or what he said
[F] Now I'm grown [C] and my mama says, you're [G] like your daddy, just [C] the same _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I can't say that I don't care [F] that he died before I [C] was born
_ I get to asking why he did and [D] I'll probably ask [G] some more
_ [F] But my life's [C] been good, I [E] can't say that I've had [Am] it bad
_ [F] But now I will see in years [G] that my dad never [C] had
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[F] _ never knew my [C] father, _ _
[E] I only knew his [Am] name _ _
[F] I never knew [G] the way he [F] moved, how he talked [G] or what he said
[F] _ Now I'm grown [C] and my mama says, you're [G] like your daddy, just [C] the same _ _
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