Daddy Raised A Boy Chords

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Intro

A E A F♯m D E A

AMy old man could be your dEad's old mAan

F♯mHe lied aDbout his age to fEight jaApan

 Wasn't long before he cEame back hAome

F♯mHe had some hDelp from the aEtom boAmb

Back in Allentown where my dad worked

They drank a cold one 'fore they changed their shirts

And every drunken word was his command

The standing order was to understand

F♯mAnd he don't care about noDthing else

AOnly what he's got to tEell himAself

AEverybody does the bEest they cAan

 But F♯mmy daddy raDised a boy and nEot a mAan

I was young and hungry when I left home

Hungry just for something to be hungry for

I had to prove that I could make my way

No matter who it hurt or price I paid

I didn't care about nothing else

Only what I had to tell myself

As looking back I start to understand

My daddy raised a boy and not a man

And then I woke up and I

Realized one day

I ain't got nothing

Cause that's what I gave

Now when I look into my father's eyes

We both see someone we can recognize

He sees a young man who has lost his way

I look at him, I swear I see the same

I don't care about nothing else

Only what I've got to tell myself

Everybody does the best they can

My daddy raised a boy and not a man