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