Chord/Tab song: The Key to Life

this song is fnger picked. nothin too fancy but still has a real good sound.

i play the riff like this. the song sounds like it just starts without the slide but i
like the sound of it.

(didnt put the other strings cause there is nothin played on them)

VERSE:
[D]i'd love to hear my daddy playin once again[G]
[D]all the songs he taught me when i was a [A]kid
[D]john henry, ol chelly, and faded lo[G]ve
[D]id fall to pieces and on the [A]wings of a dove[D]
[D]just a few chords on the bonjo, that w[G]as all he knew
[D]in the eyes of a child, man his fingers fl[A]ew
[D]i practiced and i practiced till i got it r[G]ight
[D]i packed up everything [A]and just took off one nigh[D]t

INTRO RIFF

[D]i made it from the beer joints to the opera stag[G]e
[D]he said the only difference is when youre gettin pay[A]ed
[D]he didnt care when everybody knew my nam[G]e
[D]he said its all for nothi[A]n if you dont stay the sa[D]me
[D]and when he died the preacher cried and said he's the lucky [G]one
[D]he's walkin hand in hand with god's o[A]nly son
[D]my faith and common sense tell me the preachers ri[G]ght
[D]id love to hear the ba[A]njoplay for me tonight[D]

CHOROUS:
[G]and i will honor my father with these words i write[D] down
[G]and as long as i remember he'll always be aro[D]und
[D]and the pain of losin him cuts like a randall kni[G]fe
[D]i learned a few chords on the[A] banjo was the key to li[D]fe
[D]ya the pain of loosin him cuts like a randall kni[G]fe
[D]but i learned a few chords[A] on the banjo was the key to li[D]fe

INTRO RIFF TO END THE SONG.

please rate and im open to suggestions about the chord pattern or riff.