I Never Knew My Father
Ton : CEnglish
Intro :
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It was twenty-five years ago when IF began my lCife
The second child of a wAmoman who tried hDard to raise us rGight F
She married a mCan when IE7 was just a bAmabe F
Who treated me just lCike his own even gG7iving me his nCame F
I never knew my fCather I oE7nly knew his nAmame F
I never knew the wG7ay he moved F
How he talked or wG7hat he said F
Now I'm grown and mCama says
"You're like your dG7addy just the sCame" F C G C
Sometimes I got to wondering about this mFan I never kCnew
When I'd find myself into sAmomething just the wDay he used to dGo F
Heard stories aCll my life of hE7ow he loved to sAming F
And how he would tCake apart and fG7ix most anytChing F
I never knew my fCather I oE7nly knew his nAmame F
I never knew the wG7ay he moved F
How he talked or wG7hat he said F
Now I'm grown and mCama says
"You're like your dG7addy just the sCame"
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I can't say that I don't care that he dFied before I was bCorn
I get to asking wAmhy he did and I'll pDrobably ask some mGore F
My life's bCeen good and I cE7an't say that I've had it bAmad F
But now I'm sCeeing years that mG7y dad never hCad F
I never knew my fCather I oE7nly knew his nAmame F
I never knew the wG7ay he moved F
How he talked or wG7hat he said F
Now I'm grown and my mCama says
"You're like your dG7addy just the sCame" F C G C