{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2279645,"song":"A Fathers Love","artist":"Bucky Covington","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11478777-a-fathers-love-chords-by-bucky-covington/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2279645?type=chord","rating":0.08095,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]Gm[/ch])  | ([ch]Gm[/ch])  | ([ch]A[/ch])  | ([ch]A[/ch])\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the longest time, I guess I thought he didn't give a damn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHard to read, hard to please, yeah, that was my old man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the day I left for college, it was nothing new[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe never had that heart-to-heart, he had too much to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark plug wires[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"When the hell's the last time, you had this oil changed\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as I pulled out the drive, he said, \"Be sure and call your mom sometime\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was sayin', \"I love you\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe only way he knew how | | | | | | |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hundred twenty thousand miles, six years down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA brand new life and a brand new wife, we'd just bought our first home[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he finally came to visit, I thought he'd be so proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe never said he liked the place, he just got his tool belt out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd put new locks on the doors, went back and forth to the hardware store[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"Come and hold this flashlight,\" as he crawled beneath the sink[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd \"These old wires ain't up to code\" and \"That circuit box is gonna overload\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was sayin', \"I love you\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only way he knew how[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLast Sunday, we all gathered for his sixty fifth birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew he'd stiffen up, but I hugged him anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen it was finally time to say goodbye, I knew what was next[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust like he always does, right before we left[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark plug wires[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"When the hell's the last time, you had this oil changed\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as I pulled out the drive, he said, \"Be sure and call your mom sometime\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was sayin', \"I love you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Tag]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was sayin', \"I love you\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe only way he knew how[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]G[/ch])  | ([ch]Gm[/ch])  | ([ch]Gm[/ch])  | ([ch]A[/ch])  | ([ch]A[/ch])  | ([ch]D[/ch]) -----","plain_text":"[Intro]\n(G)  | (G)  | (G)  | (G)  | (Gm)  | (Gm)  | (A)  | (A)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Tag]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| (G)  | (G)  | (G)  | (Gm)  | (Gm)  | (A)  | (A)  | (D) -----","chords":["G","Gm","A","D","Bm","Em","F#m","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}