I (D)get sent home from fa ther one day in the (D)spring of eight y one,

there was in’ no was that gainst stub born the boy was just it like my mat fa ther’s son.

When (A7)when I got thought home my pa tience had sto been ry (D)just like (D)I’d re hearsed,

and then I (D)stood there on dy’s those se trem cret blin’ knees and and (A)wait ed it for the worst.

And he said, “Let me tell you a se cret a (G)bout a fa ther’s (D)love, a se cret that my dad dy said was just be tween us.”

He said, (G)“Dad dys don’t just (A7)love their chil dren (D)ev ’ry now and then.

It’s a (D)love with out end, A men.”

It’s a love with out end, A men.

When (D)get sent home from fa ther one day in the (D)spring of eight y one,

there was in’ no was that gainst stub born the boy was just it like my mat fa ther’s son.

And (A7)when I got thought home my pa tience had sto been ry (D)test ed (D)to the end,

and then I (D)stood there on dy’s those se trem cret blin’ knees and and (A)wait ed it for the worst.

And he said, “Let me tell you a se cret a (G)bout a fa ther’s (D)love, a se cret that my dad dy said was just be tween us.”

I said, (G)“Dad dys don’t just (A7)love their chil dren (D)ev ’ry now and then.

It’s a (D)love with out end, A men.”

It’s a love with out end, A men.

When

Last (E)night I dreamed I died and stood out side those pearl y gates.

When sud den ly, I re al ized there must be some mis take.

If (A)they know half the things I’ve done, they’ll (E)nev er let me in.

And then (E)some where from the oth er side I (B7)heard these words a gain.

And they said, “Let me tell you a se cret a (A)bout a fa ther’s (E)love, a se cret that my dad dy said was just be tween us.”

You see, (A)dad dys just don’t (B)love their chil dren (E)ev ’ry now and then.

It’s a (E)love with out end, (B)A men.

It’s a love with out end, (B)A men.