Conway Twitty – Thats My Job (Ukulele)
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F Dm F G F I woke up crying late at night when I was very young F F Dm G I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone F Dm F G F My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore F F Dm G F So I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door F F Dm F And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone that way? F F Dm G Don't wanna cry anymore so may I stay with you?"
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F G F F G F F G And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is F F G Dm F G F because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." F Dm F G F Later we barely got along, this teenage boy and he F F Dm G Most of the fights it seems were over different dreams we each held for me F Dm F G F He wanted knowledge and learning, I wanted to fly out West F F Said, "I could make it out there if I just had the fare. Dm G F I got half, will you loan me the rest." F F Dm F And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid. There's no guarentee in the plans F F Dm I've made. And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?"
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F G F F G F F G And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is F F G Dm F G F because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." Dm G F G F Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with light F Dm F Dm G And I pray someday I might light as bright as he F Dm F G F Woke up early one bright fall day, to spread the tragic news F F Dm G After all my travels I settled down within a mile or two F Dm F G F I make my living with words and rhyme and all this tragedy F F Dm G F Should go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry F F Dm F But I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone this
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F F Dm G How can I come up with a song to say I love you.......?" F G F F G F F G "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is F F G Dm F G F because of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." F G F F G Dm Everything I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me....
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