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The Good Things In My Life

Mel O'Joe

Intro	A	–	E7	–	A

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My D	addy taught me a	ll about d	rinkin'

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He s	howed me how to r	oll a c	igarette

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Now I know how he l	ost every d	ollar he h	ad

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When he	put it all down on a single	bet.

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So L	ord I want to t	hank you for my D	addy

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He taught me	everyt	hing he ever k	new

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Now I know he sh	owed me by e	xample, L	ord

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Of e	verything I'm	not supposed to	do.

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So L	ord, I want to t	hank you for my D	addy

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Worked for everything he h	ad

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To feed three kids, two d	ogs, and a wife

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But it was M	ama that got me to t	hinkin'

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It was y	ou Lord and not the d	rinkin'

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That have b	rought me all the g	ood things in my l	ife.

Instrumental Violin and guitar (last half of chorus) F-F7-C-Am-C-G7-C

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Well,	Mama, she t	aught me ‘bout J	esus

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When she t	ook me to that c	hurch over t	here

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She said if your wor	ried ‘bout your d	addy, s	on,

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You should t	ake it to the lord in p	rayer

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Well,	I can still h	ear my mama s	ingin'

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Somethin' ‘bout that s	weet bye and b	ye

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Sayin' when the r	oll is called up y	onder she'd be t	here

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To meet J	esus over	on the other s	ide.

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So L	ord, I want to t	hank you for my D	addy

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Worked for everything he h	ad

	A	A7
To feed three kids, two d	ogs, and a wife

	D	D7
But it was M	ama that got me to t	hinkin'

	A	F#m
It was y	ou Lord and not the d	rinkin'

	A	E7	A
That have b	rought me all the g	ood things in my l	ife.

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	D	D7
But it was M	ama that got me to t	hinkin'

	A	F#m
It was y	ou Lord and not the d	rinkin'

	A	E7	A
That have b	rought me all the g	ood things in my l	ife.