Chords for Kate Wolf - I Never Knew My Father

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_ _ It was 25 years ago _ _ [F]
when I began [C] my life.
_ Second [G] _ [Am] child of a [Em] woman who [D] tried hard to raise [G] us right.
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She [C] married a [D] man when [E] I was [Am] just a babe.
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Treated me [C] just like his [Em] own, even giving me [C] his name.
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I never knew [C] my father, [E] I only knew [A] his name.
_ [F] _ [C] Never [G] knew the way he [F] moved, how he [G] talked or what he [D] said.
[F] _ Now I'm [C] grown and my mama says [G] you're like your [Bm] daddy just [C] the same. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _
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Sometimes I got to wondering about [F] this man I [C] never knew.
_ And I [G] find [Am] myself in [Em] something [D] just the way he [G] used to do. _
_ [F] _ I heard [C] stories all my [Eb] life [E] of how he loved [Am] to sing.
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_ How he [C] would take apart [G] and fix most [C] anything.
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_ [F] I never knew [C] my father, [Eb] I [E] only knew his [Am] _ name.
_ [F]
I never knew [G] the way he moved, [F] _ how he talked [G] or what he [Bm] 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 _ _
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[Em] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _
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_ can't say that I don't care [F] that he died before I [C] was born.
I get [Bm] to asking [Am] why he did and [D] I'll probably ask some [G] more.
_ [F] _ _ My [C]
life's been good [E] and I can't say [Em] I've [Am] had it bad.
[C] _ [F] _
_ Now [C] I'm seeing _ [G] years my dad [C] never had. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] I never knew [C] my father, I [E] only knew [Am] his name.
_ [F] _
Never [G] knew the way he [F] moved, how he [G] talked or what he said.
[F] _ Now I'm [C] grown and my mama says [G] you're like your daddy just [C] the same. _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ Hi, I'm Kate Wolfe and _
_ [E] we're going to be doing mostly my own songs on this set. _
Some, _ maybe one or two by friends.
I'd like to introduce the members of the band right now.
Over here on the bass _ we have Mr.
Rick Byers, an old, old friend. _ _
And over here on the guitar, mandolin and harmonica, Miss Nina Gerber from Sebastopol, California.
Yay Nina! _