Capo 1 Intro: D G D A / D G A D D G A D One day little Billy said “momma, where’s my dad?” G D A D fighting back the tears she said “I knew one day you’d ask” D C A D She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe G D A G A D Said “I think you’ll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes” D G A D See the doctors told him he’d be gone before you were born G D A D And it broke his heart to know he’d never hold you in his arms D C A D Determined not to let you grow up learning from mistakes G D A G A D He put everything he thought you’d need to know, on 18 video tapes G Em D A Like here’s the way you hold a bat, G Em D A Be sure to keep that shoulder back G D G D And when you cast that rod and reel, G D A Well use your wrist its in the field, G Em D A Or when you learn to ride your bike G Em D A D G I’ll tell you now that you won’t like those training wheels G D A But your momma will D G A D That day on his momma showed him one of them a year G D A D Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there D C A D Sometimes he laughed, sometimes he cried G A D But he always walked away G D A G A D Having learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes G Em D A Like when you shave don’t get too close G Em D A Lose the hair but leave the nose G D G D And when your momma gives you my old truck G D A Don’t drive too fast or ride the clutch D G A Don’t listen to your buddies son D G A D G when the conversation comes to the birds and bees D G A Just go to tape 18 D G A D Well I just need to tell you one more thing before I go G D A D It wont be long you’ll have a little baby of your own D C A D Be there for him every day, no matter what it takes G D A G A D Even you have to put your love on 18 video tapes http://jasonmeadows.musiccitynetworks.com/