Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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C
I was born and raised down
in Alabama
On a farm way back up in the woods
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I was so ragged that folks used
to call me Patches
Papa used to tease me about it
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'Cause deep down inside he was hurt
'Cause he'd done all he could
Verse 2
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My papa was a great old man
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G
I can see him with a shovel in his hands,
see
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Em
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Education he never had
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He did wonders when the
times got bad
the crops he raised
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Ab
Db
Barely paid the bills we made
Verse 3
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For, life had kick him down to the ground
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Db
When he tried to get up
Life would kick him back down
One day Papa called me
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Db
Put his hands on my shoulders
Fm
And in his tears he said
Verse 4
I'm dependin' on you, son
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To pull the family through
Ab
My son, it's all left up to you
Verse 5
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Two days later Papa passed away,
Ab
and
I became a man that day
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Db
So I told Mama I was gonna quit school,
but
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Db
She said that was
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Daddy's strictest rule
Verse 6
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So every mornin' 'fore I went to school
Ab
Db
A
I fed the chickens
Sometimes I felt that I couldn't go on
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I wanted to leave, just run away from home
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But I would remember what
my daddy said
With tears in his eyes on his dyin' bed
Verse 7
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I'm dependin' on you, son
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It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 8
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Then one day a strong rain came
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And washed all the crops away
And at the age of 13 I thought
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I was carryin' the weight of the
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Bb
Whole world on my shoulders
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And you know, Mama knew
What I was goin' through, 'cause
Verse 9
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Eb
Every day I had to work the fields
'Cause that's the only way
we got our meals
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Bb
Eb
You see, I was the oldest
of the family
depended on me
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Every night I heard my Mama pray
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Lord, give him the strength
Verse 10
to make another day
Eb
So years have passed and
all the kids are grown
The angels took Mama to
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Lord knows, people, I shedded tears
But my daddy's voice
kept me through the years
Verse 11
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I'm dependin' on you, son
Ab
To pull the family through
Eb
My son, it's all left up to you
Verse 12
Oh, I can still hear Papa's
voice sayin'
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Patches, I'm dependin' on you,
son
I've tried to do my best
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Cm
It's up to you to do the rest
Verse 13
Cm
I can still hear Papa, what he said
Eb
Bb
Patches, I'm dependin' on you, son
To pull the family through
Ab
Eb
Fm
My son, it's all left up to you
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