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[Intro]
C Am F G C
Am F
[Verse]
GFor the Clife of me
Ya know I Amcan't recall
My Ffather giving mighty words of Gwisdom
But the more I Clive I see
The greatest Amgift of all
Is how I Falways knew for sure
He was GListening
To a Fmillion questions
CI felt like a Gfool to ask
When I'd Fask him for an Canswer
He'd just Glaugh
[Chorus]
And say the Fmore I learn the more I learn how Clittle that I know
But I'm Gclose to understanding
Just how Ffar I have to goC  
We give our Amhearts
We take our Fchances
And know the Cfool ain't the Gone
With all the Amquestions
To tell the Ftruth it's someone Gwho
Believes they have the Canswer
[Instrumental]
 Am   F   G   C(x2)
[Verse]
In the yeCars since then
When my Amchildren come
Pouring Fout their hearts
This old world Ghas broken
I do the Clistening
I see what Amgood it does
When Fless not more is Gspoken
And when they Fpress me hard to Ctell them
What the Ganswer is
I reFmember well and Csimply
Offer Gthis
[Chorus]
And say the Fmore I learn the more I learn how Clittle that I know
But I'm Gclose to understanding
Just how Ffar I have to Cgo
We give our Amhearts
We Gtake our Fchances
And know the Cfool ain't the Gone
With all the Amquestions
To tell the Ftruth it's someone Gwho
Believes they have the Canswer
[Chorus]
And say the Fmore I learn the more I learn how Clittle that I know
But I'm Gclose to understanding
Just how Ffar I have to Cgo
We give our Amhearts
We take our Fchances
And know the Cfool ain't the Gone
With all the Amquestions
To tell the Ftruth it's someone Gwho
Believes they have the Canswer
[Outro]
 Am   F   G   C(x2)

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The Answer

by Don Williams

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Am F G C

Am F

[Verse]

G C

For the life of me

Ya know I can't recall

F G

My father giving mighty words of wisdom

But the more I live I see

The greatest gift of all

Is how I always knew for sure

He was Listening

To a million questions

C G

I felt like a fool to ask

F C

When I'd ask him for an answer

He'd just laugh

[Chorus]

F C

And say the more I learn the more I learn how little that I know

But I'm close to understanding

F C

Just how far I have to go

We give our hearts

We take our chances

C G

And know the fool ain't the one

With all the questions

F G

To tell the truth it's someone who

Believes they have the answer

[Instrumental]

Am F G C

(x2)

[Verse]

In the years since then

When my children come

Pouring out their hearts

This old world has broken

I do the listening

I see what good it does

F G

When less not more is spoken

F C

And when they press me hard to tell them

What the answer is

F C

I remember well and simply

Offer this

[Chorus]

F C

And say the more I learn the more I learn how little that I know

But I'm close to understanding

F C

Just how far I have to go

We give our hearts

G F

We take our chances

C G

And know the fool ain't the one

With all the questions

F G

To tell the truth it's someone who

Believes they have the answer

[Chorus]

F C

And say the more I learn the more I learn how little that I know

But I'm close to understanding

F C

Just how far I have to go

We give our hearts

We take our chances

C G

And know the fool ain't the one

With all the questions

F G

To tell the truth it's someone who

Believes they have the answer

[Outro]

Am F G C

(x2)

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