He Didn't Have To Be Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 1]
When a [G]single mom goes out on a date
[C]with somebody new
It [D]always winds up feelin' more
like a job inter[G]view
My momma used to wonder
if she'd [C]ever meet someone
Who would[D]n't find out about me
and then turn around and [G]run[C]

[Verse 2]
I [G]met the man I call my dad
when [C]I was five years old
He took my [D]mom out to a movie
and for once I got to [G]go
A few months later I remember
[C]lyin' there in bed
I over[D]heard him pop the question
and I prayed that she'd say [G]yes

[Chorus 1]
And [Am]then all of a sudden,
oh, it [D]seemed so strange to me
How we [G]went from something's missin'
to a [C]family[G]
[Am]Lookin' back all I can say
a[D]bout all the things he did
for [Em]me[C][G]
Is [Am]I hope I'm at least half the da[D]d
that he didn't have to be
[G][C]

[Verse 3]
I [G]met the girl that's now my wife
a[C]bout three years ago
We [D]had the perfect marriage
but we wanted somethin' [G]more
Now here I stand
surrounded by our [C]family and friends
Crowded [D]'round the nursery window
as they bring the baby [G]in

[Chorus 2]
And [Am]now all of a sudden,
oh, it [D]seems so strange to me
How we've [G]gone from something's missin'
to a [C]family[G]
[Am]Lookin' through the glass I think
a[D]bout the man that's standin' next
[Em]to me[C][G]
And [Am]I hope I'm at least half the dad[D]

[Interlude 1]
that he didn't have to be
[G][C][G]
[Am][D]

[Chorus 3]
[Am]And lookin' back all I can say
a[D]bout all the things he did
for [Em]me[C][G]
Is [Am]I hope I'm at least half the da[D]d
that he didn't have to [G]be
Yeah, [Am]I hope I'm at least half the dad[D]
that he didn't have to be
[G]Bec[C]ause he didn't have to be
[G]You[C] know he didn't have to be

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C]
[Repeat and fade]