Vince Gill, Key To Life (1998)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Vince Gill) (BPM: ) (T.R. Dallas)}

INTRO:
[C#] [F#] [C#] [G#] // [C#] [F#] ^[C#] ^[G#] [C#]

VERSE 1:
I'd [C#] love to hear my daddy play [F#] once again
All the [C#] songs that he taught me when I [G#] was a kid
John [C#] Henry, Ol' Shep, and [F#] Faded Love
I Fall To [C#] Pieces and [G#] On the Wings [C#] of a Dove

VERSE 2:
Just a [C#] few chords on the banjo, that was [F#] all he knew
In the [C#] eyes of a child, man his [G#] fingers flew
I [C#] practiced and I practiced till I [F#] got it right
I [C#] packed up every-[G#]-thing and just took [C#] off one night

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VERSE 3:
I [C#] made it from the beer joints to the [F#] Opry stage
He [C#] said the only difference is what you're [G#] gettin' paid
He [C#] didn't care that everybody [F#] knew my name
He [C#] said it's all for [G#] nothin' if you don't [C#] stay the same

VERSE 4:
And [C#] when he died the preacher cried and said [F#] he's the lucky one
He's [C#] walkin' hand in hand with God's [G#] only son
My [C#] faith and common sense tell me the [F#] preacher's right
And I'd [C#] love to hear the [G#] banjo ring for [C#] me tonight

CHORUS:
And I will [F#] honor my father with these [C#] words that I write down
And as [F#] long as I remember he'll [C#] always be a-[G#]-round
And the [C#] pain of losin' him cuts like a [F#] Randall knife
And I [C#] learned that a few chords on the [G#] banjo, was the [C#] key to life

OUTRO:
Yes the [C#] pain of losin' him, cuts like a [F#] Randall knife
But I [C#] learned that a few chords on the [G#] banjo, was the [C#] key to life

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