I Never Knew My Father
Kate Wolf
Also on Lines on the Paper 1977
Kate Wolf and the Wildwood with Cache Valley Drifters
Thanks to SpikesMusic for chords
Key of C
[C]IT[C] W[F]AS[C] TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY LIFE
[C]TH[Am]E S[D]EC[G]OND CHILD OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED HARD TO RAISE US RIGHT.
[F]SH[C]E [E7]MAR[Am]RIED A MAN, WHEN I WAS JUST A BABE
[F]WH[C]O [G7]TRE[C]ATED ME JUST LIKE HIS OWN, EVEN GIVING ME HIS NAME.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
[C]SO[C]ME[F]TI[C]MES I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT THIS MAN I NEVER KNEW
[C]WH[Am]EN [D]I'[G]D FIND MYSELF INTO SOMETHING JUST THE WAY HE USED TO DO
[F]HE[C]AR[E7]D S[Am]TORIES ALL MY LIFE OF HOW HE LOVED TO SING
[F]AN[C]D [G7]HOW[C] HE WOULD TAKE APART AND FIX MOST ANYTHING.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
[C]NO[C]W [F]I [C]CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T CARE THAT HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
[C]I [Am]GET[D] T[G]O ASKING WHY HE DID AND I'LL PROBABLY ASK SOME MORE
[G]MY[C] L[E7]IFE[Am]'S BEEN GOOD. I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE HAD IT BAD
[F]BU[C]T [G7]NOW[C] I'M SEEING YEARS THAT MY DAD NEVER HAD.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
Kate Wolf
Also on Lines on the Paper 1977
Kate Wolf and the Wildwood with Cache Valley Drifters
Thanks to SpikesMusic for chords
Key of C
[C]IT[C] W[F]AS[C] TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY LIFE
[C]TH[Am]E S[D]EC[G]OND CHILD OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED HARD TO RAISE US RIGHT.
[F]SH[C]E [E7]MAR[Am]RIED A MAN, WHEN I WAS JUST A BABE
[F]WH[C]O [G7]TRE[C]ATED ME JUST LIKE HIS OWN, EVEN GIVING ME HIS NAME.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
[C]SO[C]ME[F]TI[C]MES I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT THIS MAN I NEVER KNEW
[C]WH[Am]EN [D]I'[G]D FIND MYSELF INTO SOMETHING JUST THE WAY HE USED TO DO
[F]HE[C]AR[E7]D S[Am]TORIES ALL MY LIFE OF HOW HE LOVED TO SING
[F]AN[C]D [G7]HOW[C] HE WOULD TAKE APART AND FIX MOST ANYTHING.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
[C]NO[C]W [F]I [C]CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T CARE THAT HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
[C]I [Am]GET[D] T[G]O ASKING WHY HE DID AND I'LL PROBABLY ASK SOME MORE
[G]MY[C] L[E7]IFE[Am]'S BEEN GOOD. I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE HAD IT BAD
[F]BU[C]T [G7]NOW[C] I'M SEEING YEARS THAT MY DAD NEVER HAD.
[F]I [C]NE[E7]VER[Am] KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
[F]I [G7]NEV[F]ER[G7] KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
[F]NO[C]W [G7]I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
[C]JUST THE SAME."
