Papa – Chords Easy – Paul Anka (Version 1) | Guitar Chords, Tabs
Tone
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Dm
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Capo 1st fret
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Everyday my papa would work
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Gm
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To try to make ends meet
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A7
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To see that we would eat
Keep those
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Dm
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shoes upon my feet
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Dm
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Every night my papa would take me
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Gm
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And tuck me in my bed
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A7
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Kiss me on my head
After
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Dm
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all my prayers were said
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A#
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And there were
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C
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years
Of
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A7
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sadness and of
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Dm
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tears
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A#
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Through it all
To
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C
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gether we were
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F
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strong
We were
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strong
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A#
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Times were
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C
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rough
But
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Papa he was
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tough
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A#
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Mama stood be
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Gm
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side him all a
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long
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Growing up with them was easy
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Gm
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The time had flew on by
The
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years began to fly
They
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aged and so did I
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A#
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And I could
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C
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tell
That
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mama she wasn’t
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well
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A#
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Papa knew and
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C
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deep down so did
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she
So did
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she
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When she
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C
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died
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Papa broke down and he
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cried
And
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all he could say
was,
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“God, why her? Take
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me!”
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Everyday he sat there
sleeping
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Gm
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in a rocking chair
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He never went upstais
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Because she wasn’t there
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Then one day my Papa said,
“Son, I’m
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Gm
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proud of how you’ve grown”
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He said, “Go out and make it on your own.
Don’t
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worry. I’m O.K. alone.”
He said,
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“There are things that you must do”
He said,
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“There’s places you must see”
And his
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eyes were sad as he
As he
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said goodbye to me
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Every time I kiss my children
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Papa’s words ring true
He said,
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“Children live through you.
Let them
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grow! They’ll leave you, too”
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I remember every word
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Papa used to say
I
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kiss my kids and pray
That they’ll
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think of
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me
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C
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That
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way
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Gm
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Someday
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C
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