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Another fav from Mr. Strait. I got alittle more out of this one. Managed to make out a few more steel guitar parts. I figured if you had a tremolo bar on your guitar you could pluck and tweek as any traditional steel guitarist would. Once again fairly easy picking, with a simple strumming pattern. Keep in mind the main guitar which carries the melody has a capo set on the 2nd fret. The other guitars are standard. Also be aware that there is a key change that begins right after the 2nd Chorus and carry's on towards the end. Just go up one step from (D,G,A) to (E,A,B). That's all for now. Enjoy
Taken from piano score

Lyrics

INTO: D

D
I got sent home from school one day
G D
with a shiner on my eye,

fighting was against the rules,
A7
and it didn't matter why,
G A7
when dad got home I told that story
D D/F# G
just like I'd rehearsed,
D
then stood there on those trembling knees,
A D
and waited for the worst.

He said, let me tell you a secret
G D
about a father's love,

a secret that my daddy said was
A
just between us.
A7 G A7
He said daddys don't just love their children
D D/F# G
every now and then.
D A D
It's a love without end, amen
A D
It's a love without end, amen

D G D
When I became a father in the spring of '81'

there was no doubt that stubborn boy,
A7
was just like my father's son,
G A7
and when I thought my patience,
D D/F# G
had been tested to the end.
D A D
I took my daddy's secret, and I passed it on to him.

I said, let me tell you a secret
G D
about a father's love,

a secret that my daddy said was
A
just between us.
A7 G A7
He said daddys don't just love their children
D D/F# G
every now and then.
D A D
It's a love without end, amen
D A D B7
It's a love without end, amen

(Key Change)

E
Last night I dreamed I died and
A E
stood outside those pearly gates,

when suddenly I realized,
B7
there must be some mistake,
A B7
if they know have the things I've done,
E E/G# A
they'd never let me in,
E
then somewhere from the other side,
B7 E
I heard these words again.

They said, let me tell you a secret
A E
about a father's love,

a secret that my daddy said was
B
just between us.
A B
You see, daddys don't just love their children
E E/G# A
every now and then.
E B E
It's a love without end, amen
E B E
It's a love without end, amen