Capo 2nd Fret to match recording (all chords relative) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) CD GI (320003@1)woke up crying late at night when I was very young C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DI (xx0232@1)had dreamed my father had passed away and gone G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DG My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GSo (320003@1)I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GAnd (320003@1)I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone that way? C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DDon't (xx0232@1)wanna cry anymore so may I stay with you?" Chorus: C (x32010@1) DG C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GC DAnd (xx0232@1)he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Gbecause (320003@1)of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) CD GLater (320003@1)we barely got along, this teenage boy and he C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DMost (xx0232@1)of the fights it seems were over different dreams we each held for me G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) DG He wanted knowledge and learning, I wanted to fly out West C (x32010@1) GSaid, (320003@1)"I could make it out there if I just had the fare. Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)got half, will you loan me the rest." CG Am (x02210@1) GAnd (320003@1)I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid. There's no guarentee in the plans C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI've (x02210@1)made. And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?" Chorus: C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)he said, "That's my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Gbecause (320003@1)of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with light C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)I pray someday I might light as bright as he G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)GWoke (320003@1)up early one bright fall day, to spread the tragic news C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DAfter (xx0232@1)all my travels I settled down within a mile or two G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I make my living with words and rhyme and all this tragedy C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) GShould (320003@1)go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) GBut (320003@1)I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone this way? C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DHow (xx0232@1)can I come up with a song to say I love you.......?" CD G (320003@1)C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D"That's (xx0232@1)my job, that's what I do. Everything I do is G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Gbecause (320003@1)of you, to keep you safe with me. That's my job you see." C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)EmEverything (022000@1)I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me.... C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G