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D  Em  Bm  
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Em  D
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[Verse]
    D                    
The boy leaps from his bed
       Em   
Comes bounding down the stairs
    Bm
The sun’s not even up

He doesn’t even care

[Refrain]
    Em  A7
And I……
                       D 
Yes, I was like that once

[Verse]
           D 
He says, “Daddy, it’s today”
               Em   
There is this promise that we made
       Bm 
And I open my eyes slowly
         
And I see his smiling face

[Refrain]
   Em A7
And I….
                      D 
Yes, I was like that once

[Bridge]
      G 
So I put on my shirt
       A/C#
And my jeans and my boots
       D           
And I say, “Boy, I love you”
       A/C#
And he knows that I do
            G  
He says, “Pops, can we stop?”
      A/C#
For breakfast on the way
         D
I say, “Son, I’ll brew the coffee
         A/C#
And I’ll make you some eggs”
              G 
And I thank God
    A/C#
That he
    D 
Is mine

[Interlude]
D  Em  Bm  A7  D  
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[Verse]
     D        
The girl calls from the yard
           Em   
“Daddy, daddy, come and see”
           Bm   
She’s perfecting her front handspring

And she is showing off for me

[Refrain]
    A7
And I
                       D 
Yes, I was like that once

[Verse]
      D    
So I pull off both my boots
       Em
And I raise up both my hands
        Bm             
Then I show her I can Do one, too
 
And she laughs hard ’cause I can’t

[Refrain]
    A7
And I
                 D 
I was like that once

[Bridge]
             G
She says, “Dad, you’re like ridiculous”
        A/C#  
I say, “That’s kinda my job”
         D 
And she kisses me on my cheek
           A/C#
Then she’s back out in the yard
             G 
And she is wild
    A/C#  
And free
     D 
And mine
             G   
Oh, I thank God
     A/C#
That she
     D 
Is mine

[Verse]
     D 
The woman’s on the porch
            Em   
She says, “Husband come and sit”
        Bm    
And we look up at the stars
  
And we talk about our kids

[Refrain]
    A7
And I
                  D   
“I was like that once,” she says

[Verse]
         D  
And she says, “Do you remember
          Em
Just how terrified you were
   Bm  
Before our babies came

How you were shaken to the core?”

[Refrain]
   A7
And I
                  D 
I was like that once

[Bridge]
               G 
And she says, “Oh love
 
Look how blessed
A/C#    
You and I’ve become”
        D     
And I take her hand and say to her
         A/C#  
“You’ll always be the one”
 
And I’m still
 G         
Mystified
     A/C# 
That you
    
Want to
    D 
Be mine
             G  
Oh, I thank God
    A/C#       D 
That you are mine

[Outro]
             G 
And I thank God
    A/C#     D 
That he is mine
             G 
And I thank God
    A/C#      D  
That she is mine
             G 
And I thank God
   A/C#      D 
For me and mine