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Pocket Knife

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[Intro]
C Am C Am G F G F
[Verse 1]
CI sit here on this rusted Ambench just to pass the timCe
CWatch people live their lAmives while I think about miCne
CThe autumn wind rolls on wAmithout a worry or a careC  
CBut you know where ever it goes, wAmell I'll be right therCe
[Chorus]
GThis pocket knife my granddaddy gFave me when I was young
GWill help me carve this wooden heart 
FInto something for someone
[Verse 2]
CSo I pick up the pieces and AmI try to make some senseC  
CThis whole world moves too fast for Amjust walking on the fenCce
CSo you can take me as I am or Amleave me where I stand
CI haven't made it yet, but I Amswear I'll be a better man
[Chorus]
GThis pocket knife my granddaddy gFave me when I was young
GWill help me carve this wooden heart 
FInto something for someone
[Bridge]
GThis pocket knife my granddaddy gFave me when I was young
GWill help me carve this wooden heart 
FInto something for someone
FI'll make something for someone
FOh I swear someday, I'll make something for someoneC  
[Outro]
C Am C Am G F G F C

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Pocket Knife

by Dan Patterson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Am C Am G F G F

[Verse 1]

C Am C

I sit here on this rusted bench just to pass the time

C Am C

Watch people live their lives while I think about mine

C Am C

The autumn wind rolls on without a worry or a care

C Am C

But you know where ever it goes, well I'll be right there

[Chorus]

G F

This pocket knife my granddaddy gave me when I was young

Will help me carve this wooden heart

Into something for someone

[Verse 2]

C Am C

So I pick up the pieces and I try to make some sense

C Am C

This whole world moves too fast for just walking on the fence

C Am

So you can take me as I am or leave me where I stand

C Am

I haven't made it yet, but I swear I'll be a better man

[Chorus]

G F

This pocket knife my granddaddy gave me when I was young

Will help me carve this wooden heart

Into something for someone

[Bridge]

G F

This pocket knife my granddaddy gave me when I was young

Will help me carve this wooden heart

Into something for someone

I'll make something for someone

F C

Oh I swear someday, I'll make something for someone

[Outro]

C Am C Am G F G F C

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