Title: "Like A Father Should Be"
Artist: Kenny Marks from CD "Absolutely Positively"
Copyright: Kenny Marks and Phil Madeira
           1992 Comatone Music/Little Dude Music
Figured out by: Dave Michel  (DAMichel@aol.com)

Note: recorded in key of A; also plays well transposed to G

A   Dm   A   Dm

E                                             A   Asus  A
Your quiet laughter        the smile on your face
E                            D          Dm       A
The way you held momma,           in a loving embrace
F#m             C#m             D                Dm
you showed the kind of love          I needed to see
       A                E               D   Dm            A
Dad I know     youve been just like a      father should be.

E                                         A     Asus   A
Your gentle strength,        your loving touch
E                        D     Dm           A
your faith in  Jesus,         taught me so much
F#m           C#m      D                    Dm
You had the patience,        to put up with me
       A           E                 D      Dm           A
Dad I know Youve been just like a         father should be.

F#m          Faug.                A  Asus  A
You gave me everything you could give
B                 B7                Bm     E
and you were the one who taught me how to live
F#m          C#m     D                     Dm
I pray that one day         my son says to me
       A           E                 D  Dm
Dad I know youve been just like a       father should be.

A   Dm   A   Dm

F#m          Faug.                A  Asus  A
You gave me everything you could give
B                 B7                Bm     E
and you were the one who taught me how to live
F#m          C#m     D                     Dm
I pray that one day         my son says to me
       A           E                 D  Dm
Dad I know you've been just like a       father should be.

F#m         C#m      D                     Dm
I pray that one day         my son says to me
       A           E                 D    Dm           A
Dad I know youve been just like a       father should be.

Dm         A     Dm       A
Ooooohhhhh      Aaaaaaahhhhh