Capo 4

[Intro]
G Bm C D

[Verse]
 G Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
 C G
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath
G Bm
Ain't no kind of secret I've been known to take a drink
 C D
And it's made me do some things that I regret
 C G
Loretta said this ain't no kind of way to raise a family
 C D
And one night she called it quits and called a cab
 C G
She left the clothes out on the clothes line and the dishes in the sink
 C D
So I guess she knows that she ain't comin' back

[Chorus]
 G Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
 C D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
 G Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
 C D G
I just wanna be the daddy my daddy never was

[Instrumental]
G Bm C D

[Verse]
 G Bm
Now lately she's been knowing this ol' boy she met in church
 C D
And I can't say she's wrong for wantin' more
 G Bm
I gave him the right to tell my wife that I can't come around
 C D
The night I knocked a hole in her front door
 C G
And Loretta took my keys and she made me wait outside
 C D
But she didn't call the law she called a cab
 C G
And as I pulled away I saw somethin' in her eyes
 C D
So I reckon that she knows I ain't so bad

[Chorus]
 G Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
 C D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
 G Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
 C D G
I just wanna be the daddy my daddy never was

[Instrumental]
G Bm C D

[Bridge]
 G Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
 C D (let ring)
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath

[Outro]
G Bm C D G