Simply Being Dad

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      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

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CAPO 2nd FD T
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INTRO
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G  D  C

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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       
You thought you ought to just give
      D
 me a call

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

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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

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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      
And shuddered in that spotlight 
         D
glare alone

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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               
To carry on that long, long road 
  D     C
to home

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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

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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              
You make mistakes, learn from pain
  Am

                     Em            
Same mistakes you'll make again 
  D
next year

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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            
Or do I hold you back or stand too 
D     C
near

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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

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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        
The dreamers just wake up one day 
D
behind

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

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CHORUS
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            D   G     Em  C
And there I go again
           D          G      D   
Making you count from one to ten
   C

            D          G    Em  C
The hardest job you've had
          D      G    Em
Is simply having dad
         C       D          G    
Yes, the hardest job you've had
Em  C

          D      G    Em  G  Em 
Is simply having dad
 G  Em  G