CAPO 11 INTRO: GCGC G5 C5 I woke up crying late at night G5 C5 when I was very young. G5 C5 I had dreamed my father G5 D5 had passed away and gone. G5 C5 My world revolved around him G5 C5 I couldnt lay there anymore. G5 C5 So I made my way down the mirrored hall G5 D5 G5 and tapped upon his door. CHORUS B5 G5 And I said "Daddy, I'm so afraid B5 G5 how will I go on with you gone that way? B5 Don't wanna cry anymore G5 A5 D5 so may I stay with you?" G5 D5 G5 And he said "That's my job, D5 G5 that's what I do. C5 D5 G5 C5 Everything I do is because of you, G5 D5 B5 To keep you safe with me. G5 C5 G5 That's my job you see." G5 C5 Later we barely got along G5 C5 this teenage boy and he. G5 Most of the fights it seems C5 were over different dreams, G5 D5 we each held for me. G5 C5 He wanted knowledge and learning. G5 C5 I wanted to fly out west. G5 Said, "I could make it out there C5 if I just had the fare. G5 D5 G5 I got half, will you loan me the rest?" CHORUS B5 G5 And I said "Daddy, I'm so afraid, B5 G5 there's no guarantee in the plans B5 I've made and if I should fail, G5 A5 D5 who will pay my way back home?" G5 D5 G5 And he said "That's my job D5 G5 that's what I do. C5 D5 G5 C5 Everything I do is because of you G5 D5 B5 to keep you safe with me. G5 C5 G5 That's my job you see." BRIDGE E5 D5 Every person carves his spot C5 D5 G5 and fills the hole with light. C5 D5 G5 And I pray someday I might C5 D5 light as bright as he. G5 C5 Woke up early one bright fall day G5 C5 to spread the tragic news. G5 C5 After all my travel, I settled down G5 D5 within a mile or two. G5 C5 I make my living with words and rhyme G5 D5 and all this tragedy G5 C5 Should go into my head and out instead D5 G5 as bits of poetry. CHORUS B5 G5 But I say "Daddy, I'm so afraid, B5 G5 how will I go on with you gone this way? G5 D5 How can I come up with a song to say C5 D5 I love you?" G5 D5 G5 D5 G5 That's my job, That's what I do C5 D5 G5 C5 Everything I do is because of you G5 D5 B5 to keep you safe with me. G5 C5 G5 That's my job you see. C5 D5 G5 C5 Everything I do is because of you G5 D5 B5 to keep you safe with me. GCG