D G D
I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye,
A
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 rehearsed,
D
then stood there on those trembling knees,
A D
and waited for the worse,
D G D
He said, let me tell you a secret about a father's love,
A
a secret that my daddy said was just between us,
G A
He said daddys don't just love their children
D G
every now and then,
D A D
It's a love without end, amen
A D
it's a love without end, amen
D G D
When I became a father in the spring of "81"
there was no doubt that stubborn boy,
A
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
I took my daddy's secret,and I passed on to him,
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D
I said, let.............
......................
D A D B
It's a love without end, Amen
E
Last night I dreamed I died and,
A E
stood outside those pearly gates,
B
and suddenly I realized, there must be some mistake,
A B
if they'ed known half the things I done,
E A
they'ed never let me in,
E
then somewhere from the other side,
B E
I heard these words again,
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E A E
They said, let me tell you a secret about a fathers love
B
a secret that my daddy said was just between us
A B E A
you see, daddy's just don't love their children every now and then
E B E
it's a love without end, amen
E B E
it's a love without end, amen