Capo: 5th fret Intro: A5 C5 D5 F5 (4x) (Verse 1) A5 C5 His footprints are fading away from the beach D5 F5 We're not a family to pray or to preach A5 C5 But daddy's best friend took a handful of pills and D5 F5 now he's at a podium making a speech A5 C5 Yesterday night after dark D5 F5 He carefully wrote his remarks A5 C5 but everyone said what he put on his page D5 F5 so he threw it away and went straight from the heart (Chorus) A5 G5 I thought this was a party F5 But all my friends are leaving C5 And I still want to play E5 D5 Whoa-oh whoa-oh A5 G5 F5 C5 You wrecked me when you stepped out A5 G5 F5 Cause you're the wounded healer A5 G5 F5 And you're supposed to stay E5 E5 Whoa-oh whoa-oh (Verse 2) A5 C5 A year's bottle in a bucket of trash F5 D5 It'll tip over the more that it stacks A5 C5 Didn't notice it till now but dad's been moving F5 D5 Slower every time we go play catch A5 C5 I'm scared of the day when he'll carry a cane F5 D5 I carry his dream , I carry his name A5 C5 And when papa is gone he will never be gone because F5 D5 the sound of our sneeze is the same A5 I say God bless G5 F5 I hear your voice in mine A5 And I want to stop time G5 F5 Like a carnival ride A5 G5 F5 I don't know what I'm saying but I mean it (repeat) (Chorus) A5 G5 I thought this was a party F5 But all my friends are leaving C5 And I still want to play E5 D5 Whoa-oh whoa-oh A5 G5 F5 C5 You wrecked me when you stepped out A5 G5 F5 Cause you're the wounded healer A5 G5 F5 And you're supposed to stay E5 E5 Whoa-oh whoa-oh