Simply Being Dad

                                          Artist - Harvey Andrews
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                                          Song - Simply Being Dad
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                                         Album - The Journey (1997)
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                                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard

INTRO
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G  D  C

VERSE 1
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  G                 D           C
Today you phoned to say 'Hello'
                       G          C
You couldn't come, you had to go
             G
See a friend, stay to tea
    Am                   Em             D
You thought you ought to just give me a call

VERSE 2
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         G                   D            C
Yes, you should have rung on Friday night
                G                  C
But just forgot, was that alright?
                      G           Am
You knew that I would understand
                Em                 D    C
I hadn't got an evening planned at all

CHORUS
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              D   G     Em  C
And there you go again
          D          G      D    C
Making me count from one to ten
            D        G    Em  C
The hardest job I've had
          D     G    Em  G  Em
Is simply being dad

VERSE 3
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           G        D
It's not a role you learn to play
      C            G
You improvise from day to day
    C                    G
The crowd who watch have all been there
    Am                Em               D
And shuddered in that spotlight glare alone

VERSE 4
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    G                  D
You didn't choose, you had no say
  C              G
I picked you up along the way
    C             G
And love can be a heavy load
   Am            Em                 D     C
To carry on that long, long road to home

CHORUS
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              D   G     Em  C
And there you go again
          D          G      D    C
Making me count from one to ten
            D        G    Em  C
The hardest job I've had
          D     G    Em  G  Em
Is simply being dad

VERSE 5
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G                 D               C
You need space to dance and turn
                 G
I must show that fires burn
    C              G                Am
You make mistakes, learn from pain
                     Em              D
Same mistakes you'll make again next year

VERSE 6
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    G               D
And sometimes, do I care too much?
   C            G                C
Do we collide instead of touch?
               G              Am
Do I provide a helping hand?
                     Em            D     C
Or do I hold you back or stand too near

CHORUS
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                 D   G     Em  C
'Cause there you go again
          D          G      D      C
Making me count from one to ten
            D        G    Em  C
The hardest job I've had
          D     G    Em  G  Em
Is simply being dad

VERSE 7
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    G                D
So, knuckle down and do your best
       C                G
You're in the race with all the rest
    C                 G
The hard ones make it all the way
    Am                 Em        D
The dreamers just wake up one day behind

VERSE 8
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         G                 D
When the sun has cold, the evening's come
       C               G               C
You've marched on to a different drum
                    G           Am
I know I've said it all before
                    Em                D    C
But much of life is like a war you'll find

CHORUS
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            D   G     Em  C
And there I go again
           D          G      D      C
Making you count from one to ten
            D          G    Em  C
The hardest job you've had
          D      G    Em
Is simply having dad
         C       D          G    Em  C
Yes, the hardest job you've had
          D      G    Em  G  Em  G  Em  G
Is simply having dad