I Never Knew My Father Kate Wolf Also on Lines on the Paper 1977 Kate Wolf and the Wildwood with Cache Valley Drifters Thanks to SpikesMusic for chords Key of C C C F C IT WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY LIFE C Am D G THE SECOND CHILD OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED HARD TO RAISE US RIGHT. F C E7 Am SHE MARRIED A MAN, WHEN I WAS JUST A BABE F C G7 C WHO TREATED ME JUST LIKE HIS OWN, EVEN GIVING ME HIS NAME. F C E7 Am I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME F G7 F G7 I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID F C G7 NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY, C JUST THE SAME." C C F C SOMETIMES I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT THIS MAN I NEVER KNEW C Am D G WHEN I'D FIND MYSELF INTO SOMETHING JUST THE WAY HE USED TO DO F C E7 Am HEARD STORIES ALL MY LIFE OF HOW HE LOVED TO SING F C G7 C AND HOW HE WOULD TAKE APART AND FIX MOST ANYTHING. F C E7 Am I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME F G7 F G7 I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID F C G7 NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY, C JUST THE SAME." C C F C NOW I CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T CARE THAT HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN. C Am D G I GET TO ASKING WHY HE DID AND I'LL PROBABLY ASK SOME MORE G C E7 Am MY LIFE'S BEEN GOOD. I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE HAD IT BAD F C G7 C BUT NOW I'M SEEING YEARS THAT MY DAD NEVER HAD. F C E7 Am I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME F G7 F G7 I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID F C G7 NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY, C JUST THE SAME."