I got sent home from school one day with a (C)shin er on my eye.

there Fight in’ was a gainst the rules and it did n’t mat ter (G)why.

When (F)Dad got home I (G7)told that sto ry (C)just like I’d re (F)hearsed,

and then (C)stood there on those trem blin’ knees and (G)wait ed for the (C)worst.

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

He said, (G)“Dad dies don’t just love their chil dren (C)ev ’ry now and (F)then,

it’s a (C)love with out end, A men.”

It’s a love with out end, A men.

When I be came a fa ther day in the (C)spring of eight ty one, there was no doubt that stub born boy was just like my fa ther’s (G)son.

And (F)when I thought my (G7)pa tience had been (C)test ed to the (F)end,

and I (C)took my Dad dy’s se cret and I (G)passed it on to (C)him.

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

He said, (G)“Dad dies don’t just love their chil dren (C)ev ’ry now and (F)then,

it’s a (C)love with out end, A men.”

It’s a love with out end, A men.

When

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

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

If (C)they know half the things I’ve done they’ll (F)nev er let me in.

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

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

You see, (C)dad dies don’t just love their chil dren (F)ev ’ry now and then,

it’s a (F)love with out end, A men.

It’s a love with out end, A men.