D G D
I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
G A
Cause fighting was against the rules and it didn't matter why
G A D G
When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
D A D
Then stood there almost trembling and waited for the worst
D G D
He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
G A
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
G A D G
You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
D A D A D
It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen
D G D
When I became a father in the spring of '81
G A
There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
G A D G
And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
D A D A D
I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him
D G D
He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
G A
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
G A D G
You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
D A D A D E
It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen
Slide up one full scale for last verse and chorus
E A E
Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates
A B B7
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
A B E A
If they knew half the things I've done they'll never let me in
E B B7 E
Then a somewhere from the other side and I heard these words again
E A E
He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A B7
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
A B7 E A
You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then
E B7 E B7 E
It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen