Текст песни с аккордами
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[Intro]
/ Bb / Eb / Bb / Eb /
[Verse 1]
Bb
I asked Mama many times
Cm7
What kept Papa so far behind
Eb Eb/F Bb
What in the world was holding my Daddy down?
Bb
Papa always dropped his head
Cm7
Lord, he seemed so afraid
Eb Eb/F Bb
Like he was carryin' a heavy burden all the time
[Verse 2]
Bb
There was a man up in the big house
Cm7
But Papa was afraid to speak out
Eb Eb/F Bb
The man kept my Daddy's nose right on the ground
Bb
Girl, your Papa he was mighty good
Cm7
He was doin' the best he could
Eb Eb/F Bb
All his life he lived just for you
[Chorus]
Bb
But twelve kids, he had a heavy load
Eb
He couldn't walk the front road
Cm F Bb
On his face he always wore a frown
Bb
It was for you and the others too
Eb
He was tryin' to make it through
Cm F Bb
He had to take the back road into town
[Verse 3]
Bb
Every year your Papa would say
Cm7
"Next year, we gonna move away
Eb Eb/F Bb
I wanna take my children away from here"
Bb
He said "I've almost lost my fear
Cm7
I think I see my way clear
Eb Eb/F Bb
I'm gonna take a stand and be a man"
Bb
But then the man would come from the big house
Cm7
Daddy would always back out
Eb Eb/F Bb
And end right up again behind the plow
[Chorus]
Bb
But twelve kids, he had a heavy load
Eb
He couldn't walk the front road
Cm F Bb
On his face he always wore a frown
Bb
It was for you and the others too
Eb
He was tryin' to make it through
Cm F Bb
He had to take the back road into town
--(key change to B)--
[Verse 4]
B
When he finally made up his mind
C#m7
Your Daddy had wasted too much time
E E/F# B
Your Papa just put it off a little too long
B
'Cause all the years that Papa was sleepin'
C#m7
Father Time kept right on creepin'
E E/F# B
'Til it was time for him to lay his body down
B
He did it all against his will
C#m7
He got lost back in them fields
E E/F# B
My Daddy never made it into town
[Chorus]
B
But twelve kids, he had a heavy load
E
He couldn't walk the front road
C#m7 E B
On his face he always wore a frown
B
It was for you and the others too
E
He was tryin' to make it through
C#m7 E B
He had to take the back road into town
[Outro]
B
But twelve kids, he had a heavy load
E
He couldn't walk the front road
C#m7 E B
On his face he always wore a frown
B
It was for you and the others too
E
He was tryin' to make it through
C#m7 E B
He had to take the back road into town
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