Clarence Carter ?Patches? Capo 4 Written by: Catfish
[G]I was born and raised down in Alabama
[Bm]On a farm way back up in the woods
[G7]I was so raggedy, folks used call me, ?Patches?
[C]Papa used to t[Bm]ease me ?bout[Am] it
[G]Of course deep down inside he was hurt[E]
[Am]?Cause he?d done all he could
M[D]y papa was a great ol? man
[C]I can see him with a shovel in his hand
[D]See, education he never had
[C]But he did wonders when the time got bad
[D]The little money from the crops he raised
[C]Barely paid the bills we made
[G]Oh, life it kicked him down to the groun[Bb]d
[C]When he tried to get up, life would kick[G] him back down
[G]One day papa called me to his dyin?[Bb] bed
[C]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he sa[G]id
He said, ?Pat[G]ches
I?m dependin? on you, so[Bm]n
To pull the family through[G7]
My son, it?s all left[C] up[Bm] to[Am] you[G]?[E][Am]
[D]Two days later papa passed away
[C]And I became a man that day
[D]So I told mama I was gonna quit school
[C]But she said that was daddy?s strictest rule
[D]So every morning ?fore I went to school
[C]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
[G]Sometimes I felt that I couldn?t[Bb] go on
[C]I wanted to leave, just run away[G] from home
[G]But I would remember what my dad[Bb]dy said
[C]With tears in his eyes on his dy[G]in? bed
He said, ?Pat[G]ches
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
I tried to do my best[G7]
It?s up to you to[C] do[Bm] the re[Am]st?[G][E][Am]
But then one day a s[G]trong rain came
And washed a[Bm]ll the crops away
And at [G7]the age of 13
I thought I was carryin[C]? the weight of [Bm]the whole world on[Am] my shoulde[G]rs[E]
And you know mama knew what I was going[Am] through
?[D]Cause every day I had to work the fields
[C]?Cause that?s the only way we got our meals
[D]You see, I was the oldest of the family
[C]And everybody else depended on me
[D]Every night I heard my mama pray
[C]Lord, give him strength to face another day
4 [G]years have passed and all the kids hav[Bb]e grown
[C]The angels took mama to a brand [G]new home
[G]God knows people, I she'[Bb]d tears
[C]But my daddy?s voice kept me thr[G]ough the years
Sayin?, ?Pa[G]tches
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
To pull the family through[G7]
My son, it?s all left [C]up to you?[G][E][Am]
I can still hear papa when he said, ?Patches[G]
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
I tried to do my best[G7]
It?s up to you to[C] do[Bm] the[Am] res[G]t?[E][Am]
I can still hear papa when he said, ?Patches[G]
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
To pull the family through[G7]
[G]I was born and raised down in Alabama
[Bm]On a farm way back up in the woods
[G7]I was so raggedy, folks used call me, ?Patches?
[C]Papa used to t[Bm]ease me ?bout[Am] it
[G]Of course deep down inside he was hurt[E]
[Am]?Cause he?d done all he could
M[D]y papa was a great ol? man
[C]I can see him with a shovel in his hand
[D]See, education he never had
[C]But he did wonders when the time got bad
[D]The little money from the crops he raised
[C]Barely paid the bills we made
[G]Oh, life it kicked him down to the groun[Bb]d
[C]When he tried to get up, life would kick[G] him back down
[G]One day papa called me to his dyin?[Bb] bed
[C]Put his hands on my shoulders and in tears he sa[G]id
He said, ?Pat[G]ches
I?m dependin? on you, so[Bm]n
To pull the family through[G7]
My son, it?s all left[C] up[Bm] to[Am] you[G]?[E][Am]
[D]Two days later papa passed away
[C]And I became a man that day
[D]So I told mama I was gonna quit school
[C]But she said that was daddy?s strictest rule
[D]So every morning ?fore I went to school
[C]I fed the chickens and I chopped wood too
[G]Sometimes I felt that I couldn?t[Bb] go on
[C]I wanted to leave, just run away[G] from home
[G]But I would remember what my dad[Bb]dy said
[C]With tears in his eyes on his dy[G]in? bed
He said, ?Pat[G]ches
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
I tried to do my best[G7]
It?s up to you to[C] do[Bm] the re[Am]st?[G][E][Am]
But then one day a s[G]trong rain came
And washed a[Bm]ll the crops away
And at [G7]the age of 13
I thought I was carryin[C]? the weight of [Bm]the whole world on[Am] my shoulde[G]rs[E]
And you know mama knew what I was going[Am] through
?[D]Cause every day I had to work the fields
[C]?Cause that?s the only way we got our meals
[D]You see, I was the oldest of the family
[C]And everybody else depended on me
[D]Every night I heard my mama pray
[C]Lord, give him strength to face another day
4 [G]years have passed and all the kids hav[Bb]e grown
[C]The angels took mama to a brand [G]new home
[G]God knows people, I she'[Bb]d tears
[C]But my daddy?s voice kept me thr[G]ough the years
Sayin?, ?Pa[G]tches
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
To pull the family through[G7]
My son, it?s all left [C]up to you?[G][E][Am]
I can still hear papa when he said, ?Patches[G]
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
I tried to do my best[G7]
It?s up to you to[C] do[Bm] the[Am] res[G]t?[E][Am]
I can still hear papa when he said, ?Patches[G]
I?m dependin? on you, son[Bm]
To pull the family through[G7]
