Dad's Sailboat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]There's a [Em]"For Sale" sign
on my [D]dad's sail[G]boat
Don't even [Em]ask mom why
'cause [D]I already [G]know
Yeah, I [Am]knew he'd get old,
but I don't [D]know, I [Em]guess
Had no idea it was [D]gonna
hurt like [G]this

[Verse 2]
We used to [Em]see who could hug the tightest
[D]and I couldn't take h[G]im
Now I [Em]barely even squeeze 'cause I
[D]feel like I'm gon' [G]break him
Bet he [C]wonders why it takes
me so [D]long to let [Em]go
There's a "For Sale" sign
on my [D]dad's sail[G]boat

[Verse 3]
[Em]Part of me wants to tear it down
[D]And let it [G]drown in the river
For[Em]get the inevitable
And pre[D]tend that her[G]oes live forever
[C]Part of me wants to buy it
[D]And keep it [Em]like I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
make [D]dad [G]young again
[Em]Tears don't care [D]if I don't
want 'em to come
I'm tryna [G]take it like a man
[C]but I'm taking it like a [Em]son
[D]Taking it like a son[G]
[D][G]

[Verse 4]
[Em]His hands shake just l[D]ike his dad's [G]did
When [Em]he was my age and
[D]I was just a [G]kid
You can [C]tell in that cellphone
[D]number that he [Em]wrote
On that "For Sale" sign on my
[D]dad's sail[G]boat
[Em]Part of me wants to tear it down
[D]And let it dro[G]wn in the river
For[Em]get the inevitable
And pre[D]tend that her[G]oes live forever
[C]Part of me wants to buy it
[D]And keep it lik[Em]e I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
make [D]dad [G]young again
[Em]Tears don't care [D]if I don't
want 'em to come
I'm tryna [G]take it like a man
[C]but I'm taking it like a [Em]son
[D]Taking it like a son
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Guess I saw it coming, I just [D]acted [Em]blind
Like my dad could beat up [D]Father [G]Time
[Em]

[Verse 6]
Part of me wants to tear it down
[D]And let it dro[G]wn in the river
For[Em]get the inevitable
And pre[D]tend that her[G]oes live forever
[C]Part of me wants to buy it
[D]And keep it [Em]like I wish I could him
But I know that ain't gon'
make [D]dad [G]young again
[Em]Tears don't care [D]if I don't
want 'em to come
I'm tryna [G]take it like a man
[C]but I'm taking it like a [Em]son
[D]Taking it like a son