I Never Knew My Father chords

INTRO: [F] [C] [G] [C]

It was twenty-five years ago when [F]I began my [C]life
The second child of a [Am]woman who tried [D]hard to raise us [G]right [F]
She married a [C]man when [E7]I was just a [Am]babe [F]
Who treated me just [C]like his own, even [G7]giving me his [C]name [F]

[CHORUS]
I never knew my [C]father, I [E7]only knew his [Am]name [F]
I never knew the [G7]way he moved [F]
How he talked, or [G7]what he said [F]
Now I'm grown and [C]mama says,
"You're like your [G7]daddy, just the [C]same" [F] [C] [G] [C]

Sometimes I got to wondering, about this [F]man I never [C]knew
When I'd find myself into [Am]something, just the [D]way he used to [G]do [F]
Heard stories [C]all my life of [E7]how he loved to [Am]sing [F]
And how he would [C]take apart and [G7]fix most any[C]thing [F]

[CHORUS]
I never knew my [C]father, I [E7]only knew his [Am]name [F]
I never knew the [G7]way he moved [F]
How he talked, or [G7]what he said [F]
Now I'm grown and [C]mama says,
"You're like your [G7]daddy, just the [C]same"

INSTRUMENTAL: [C] [F] [C] [Am] [D] [G] [F] [C] [E7] [Am] [F] [C] [G7] [C]

I can't say, that I don't care that he [F]died before I was [C]born
I get to asking [Am]why he did, and I'll [D]probably ask some [G]more [F]
My life's [C]been good and I [E7]can't say that I've had it [Am]bad [F]
But now I'm [C]seeing years that [G7]my dad never [C]had [F]

[CHORUS]
I never knew my [C]father, I [E7]only knew his [Am]name [F]
I never knew the [G7]way he moved [F]
How he talked, or [G7]what he said [F]
Now I'm grown and my [C]mama says,
"You're like your [G7]daddy, just the [C]same" [F] [C] [G] [C]