Intro: G Bm C D
Verse
G Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
C G
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath
G Bm
Ain't no kind of secret I've been known to take a drink
C D
And it's made me do some things that I regret
C G
Loretta said this ain't no kind of way to raise a family
C D
And one night she called it quits and called a cab
C G
She left the clothes out on the clothes line and the dishes in the sink
C D
So I guess she knows that she ain't comin' back
G Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
C D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
G Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
C D G
I just wanna be the daddy my daddy never was 
Instrumental: G Bm C D
Verse
G Bm
Now lately she's been knowing this ol' boy she met in church
C D
And I can't say she's wrong for wantin' more
G Bm
I gave him the right to tell my wife that I can't come around
C D
The night I knocked a hole in her front door
C G
And Loretta took my keys and she made me wait outside
C D
But she didn't call the law she called a cab
C G
And as I pulled away I saw somethin' in her eyes
C D
So I reckon that she knows I ain't so bad
G Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
C D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
G Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
C D G
I just wanna be the daddy my daddy never was
Instrumental: G Bm C D
Bridge
G Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
C D (let ring)
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath
Outro: G Bm C D G
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