Simply Being Dad Chords

  			
 


Intro: G  D  C 
 
verse 1 
 
  G                 D           C 
Today you phoned to say 'Hello' 
                       G          C 
You couldn't come, you had to go 
             G 
See a friend, stay to tea 
    Am                   Em             D 
You thought you ought to just give me a call 


verse 2 
 
         G                   D            C 
Yes, you should have rung on Friday night 
                G                  C 
But just forgot, was that alright? 
                      G           Am 
You knew that I would understand 
                Em                 D    C 
I hadn't got an evening planned at all 

              D   G     Em  C 
And there you go again 
          D          G      D    C 
Making me count from one to ten 
            D        G    Em  C 
The hardest job I've had 
          D     G    Em  G  Em 
Is simply being dad 
 
verse 3 

           G        D   
It's not a role you learn to play 
      C            G  
You improvise from day to day 
    C                    G 
The crowd who watch have all been there 
    Am                Em               D 
And shuddered in that spotlight glare alone 
 
verse 4 

    G                  D 
You didn't choose, you had no say 
  C              G 
I picked you up along the way 
    C             G 
And love can be a heavy load 
   Am            Em                 D     C 
To carry on that long, long road to home 

              D   G     Em  C 
And there you go again 
          D          G      D    C 
Making me count from one to ten 
            D        G    Em  C 
The hardest job I've had 
          D     G    Em  G  Em 
Is simply being dad 
 
VERSE 5 

G                 D               C 
You need space to dance and turn 
                 G   
I must show that fires burn 
    C              G                Am 
You make mistakes, learn from pain 
                     Em              D 
Same mistakes you'll make again next year 

VERSE 6 

    G               D  
And sometimes, do I care too much? 
   C            G                C 
Do we collide instead of touch? 
               G              Am 
Do I provide a helping hand? 
                     Em            D     C 
Or do I hold you back or stand too near 

                 D   G     Em  C 
'Cause there you go again  
          D          G      D      C 
Making me count from one to ten 
            D        G    Em  C 
The hardest job I've had 
          D     G    Em  G  Em 
Is simply being dad 


VERSE 7 
 
    G                D 
So, knuckle down and do your best 
       C                G  
You're in the race with all the rest 
    C                 G 
The hard ones make it all the way 
    Am                 Em        D 
The dreamers just wake up one day behind 

VERSE 8 
 
         G                 D  
When the sun has cold, the evening's come 
       C               G               C 
You've marched on to a different drum 
                    G           Am 
I know I've said it all before 
                    Em                D    C 
But much of life is like a war you'll find 
 
            D   G     Em  C 
And there I go again 
           D          G      D      C 
Making you count from one to ten 
            D          G    Em  C 
The hardest job you've had 
          D      G    Em 
Is simply having dad 
         C       D          G    Em  C 
Yes, the hardest job you've had 
          D      G    Em  G  Em  G  Em  G 
Is simply having dad 

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