Chords for Scott Miller - Daddy Raised a Boy

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_ _ _ My old man could be your dad's old man
He lied about his age to [A] fight Japan
[E] Wasn't long before he came back home
He had some help from the atom [F#m] bomb
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Back in Allentown where my dad worked
They [F#] drink a cold one before they change their shirts
Never drunken word was his [A] command
The [E] standing order was to understand
[F#m]
He don't care [A] about nothing else
[F#] Only what he's got to tell himself
Where everybody does the best they can
My daddy raised a boy [F#m] and not a man.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ I was young and hungry when I left [A] home
Hungry just for something to [F#] be hungry for I had to prove that I can make [A] my way
No matter who it hurt or price [F#m] I paid I didn't care about [E] nothing else
Only what I had to tell [A] myself
It's looking back.
I start to [E] understand
My daddy raised a boy and not [F#m] a man and _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ then I woke up and [E] I
Realized one day.
[D] I ain't got nothing
[E] Cuz that's what I gave
[A] When I look into my father's eyes, we both see someone we can [E] recognize
He sees a young man who has lost [F#m] his way.
I
Look at him.
I [F#] swear I see the same
[F#m] Now I don't care [A] about nothing else
[F#]
Only what I got to tell myself
Everybody do the best [A] you can
My daddy raised a boy and not a man
[F#m] My daddy raised a boy, but I'm all man
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