Prelude
Am C/B C G x2
Intro
Am C/B
Back when we were just kids in the yard
C G
Playin was the only thing that was hard
Am C/B C
I remember walking to school, the right way
G
was always next to you
Verse 1:
Am C/B
The sun always rose the rain always fell
C G
You were the most consistent of them all
Am C/B
Waking in the morning to the echo of him
C G
Filling the stairway and the hall
Am C/B
Knowledge comes from more than books
C G
Your best friends come from where you seldom look
Am C/B C Am
Life is full of uphill climbs, yet nothing taught me
G C
more than your dad's lesson on time 
Instrumental
Am C/B C G
Verse 2:
Am C/B
We talk a lot about the things we cant control
C G
And why we aren't built to understand
Am C/B
Whether in a chair or behind a pole
C G
He never failed to teach me how to be a loving man
Instrumental
Am C/B C G
Verse 3:
Am C/B
Look at us now calloused through the years
C G
Just up here trying to hit the ball
Am C/B C G
Raised away from the highway, Up the right way
Am C/B C
Trippin here and trippin there
G
But never Fall
Am C/B
Knowledge comes from more than books
C G
Your best friends come from where you seldom look
Am C/B C Am
Life is full of uphill climbs, yet nothing taught me
G C
more than your dad's lesson on time
Outro
Am C/B
Back when we were just kids in the yard
C G
Playin was the only thing that was hard
Coda
Am C/B C G
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