verse 1
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My old man died on a Saturday night
C#m A Bsus4 B
I watched as he just stopped breathing
E A B C#m
and though it was awful and painful and sad
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I was glad that he wasn't alone
verse 2
E A B E
It felt like something he'd just had to go through
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an arduous task he'd been given
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And it seemed so unfair it was his cross to bear
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the sickest and weakest of us
verse 3
E A B E
Oh we never spoke much as a father and son
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but we had an understanding
E A B C#m
and I still hear his voice when I open my mouth
A B E
in anger, or wisdom, or such
Coda
E A B E
If I see a similar jacket or hair
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I think for a moment I've found him
E A B C#m
but then I remember - it's not about "where"
A B C#m F
and I know he's not lost, he is gone, yea
A B E
I'm just glad that he wasn't alone