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DThe (xx0232@1)declaration of independence
            C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                      D(riff) (xx0232@1)Think I can tell you that first sentence, But then I'm lost
DI (xx0232@1)can't begin to count the theories
       C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)          DI (xx0232@1)had pounded in my head that I forgot
            A (x02220@1)                            GI (320003@1)don't remember all that Spanish Or the Gettysburg address
              A (x02220@1)                          GBut (320003@1)there is one speech from high school, I'll never forgot

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D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)               ACome (x02220@1)on in boy, sit on down and tell me 'bout yourself
        D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)                  ASo (x02220@1)you like my daughter, do you now, yeah we think she's something else
            BmShe's (x24432@1)her daddy's girl and her mama's world
       G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                     EmShe (022000@1)deserves respect, that's what she'll get, ain't it son
                         ANow (x02220@1)y'all run along and have some fun
      G (320003@1)                                D (xx0232@1)        AI'll (x02220@1)see you when you get back, Bet I'll be up all night
                 D(riff) (xx0232@1)Still cleaning this gun

DWell (xx0232@1)now that I'm a father
                C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)              DI'm (xx0232@1)scared to death one day my daughter's gonna find,
                           CThat (x32010@1)teenage boy I used to be
                        G (320003@1)              DWho (xx0232@1)seems to have just one thing on his mind
               A (x02220@1)                           GShe's (320003@1)growing up so fast it won't be long before
      AI'll (x02220@1)have to put the fear of god
       GInto (320003@1)some kid at the door

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A (x02220@1)                                      GIt's (320003@1)all for show, ain't nobody gonna get hurt
              Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1)               GIt's (320003@1)just a daddy thing, hey believe me man, it works

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