I Confess

Oh, yes!

(Am)He has all the (Em)answers.

(D7)He's gonna set me (B)straight.

(Am)How can he presume to know what (G)I've been through?

He hasn't (C)got a clue.

But how could (Bm7)anyone,

(Am)unless they've (C)had a son?

(G)As (C)perfect as a child could be,

the (Gm)best of all the best in me,

my (F)brush with (Gm)immortality, my (C)kid.

(Gm7)For sixteen (C)winters and fifteen springs,

I had a (Gm)son, and still it stings when (F)I remember (Bb)all the things we (Gm7)did,

me (C)kid.

(F)Simple things like (Bb)fishing at the (Fmaj7)lake,

(F)tiptoeing (Am)out before (Bb)dawn.

(Gm)Bobby would (C)worry if (Gm)we didn't (C)hurry,

(Bbm)all of the (C7)fish would be (F)gone.

(F)We would sit and (Bb)huddle in the (Fmaj7)boat,

(F)waiting for (Am)something to (Bb)bite,

and (Gm)I'd watch the (C)sunrise in my (Am)own son's (Dm)eyes.

(Dm)And the (Eb)world would (Bb)fill up with (C7)light.

(D9sus)And I (G)confess I didn't (Am7)always have the answers,

I (G)didn't always know which way was (C)true.

(D)(Em)Nevertheless, I've (G)always tried to (B7)lead with (Em)love.

That's (Am7)all that any father (D)can (G)do.

(F)As the years went (Bb)by, we had our (Fmaj7)diff'rences.

(F)Even if the friendship wasn't (Bb)what it was (C)before,

we shared a (Gm)lot, (C)and who'd have (Gm7)thought that so much joy could (Eb)vanish in a blink?

Who (C7)ever stops to think?

And (C)in that final moment who knows what went wrong?

The (Gm7)questions come too late and (C)linger far too (B7)long.

And I (Em)confess I don't (Am7)always have the answers,

(G)I don't always know which way is (C)true.

(D)(Em)Nevertheless, I've (G)always tried to (B7)lead with (Em)love.

That's (Am7)all that any (C)father (D)can (C)do.

(G)This (C)boy comes to (D)me, this (G)fatherless (C)child.

I scoff at his (D)pain and I (G)send him away!

My (Eb)daughter speaks (F)up and (Bb)I shout her (Eb)down,

I won't hear a (F)word of what (Bb)she has to say!

My (F)wife reaches (G)out and (C)I turn my (F)back.