[Intro ]

Verse 
        G 
For the longest time, I guess I thought he didn't give a damn 
D                                   Bm              A 
Hard to read, hard to please, yeah, that was my old man 
       G 
On the day I left for college, it was nothing new 
   Gm                                A 
We never had that heart-to-heart, he had too much to do 


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Chorus 
               Bm                   G 
He checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark plug wires 
      D                    Em             G                     A 
Said, "When the hell's the last time, you had this oil changed" 
       Bm                                   G 
And as I pulled out the drive, he said, "Be sure and call your mom sometime" 
      D                                  A 
And I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now 
               Em      F#m G 
He was sayin', "I love you" 
         A           G     G G G Gm Gm A A 
The only way he knew how | | | | | | | 

  G 
A hundred twenty thousand miles, six years down the road 
  D                                         Bm                    A 
A brand new life and a brand new wife, we'd just bought our first home 
        G 
When he finally came to visit, I thought he'd be so proud 
   Gm                                     A 
He never said he liked the place, he just got his tool belt out 

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Chorus 
            Bm                                G 
And put new locks on the doors, went back and forth to the hardware store 
      D                   Em                 G                        A 
Said, "Come and hold this flashlight," as he crawled beneath the sink 
               Bm                                G 
And "These old wires ain't up to code" and "That circuit box is gonna overload" 
      D                                  A 
And I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now 
               Em      F#m G 
He was sayin', "I love you" 
         A           D 
The only way he knew how 

     F 
Last Sunday, we all gathered for his sixty fifth birthday 
C 
And I knew he'd stiffen up, but I hugged him anyway 
            F 
When it was finally time to say goodbye, I knew what was next 
Em                        A 
Just like he always does, right before we left 


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Chorus 
               Bm                   G 
He checked the air in my tires, the belts and all the spark plug wires 
      D                    Em             G                     A 
Said, "When the hell's the last time, you had this oil changed" 
       Bm                                   G 
And as I pulled out the drive, he said, "Be sure and call your mom sometime" 
      D                                  A 
And I didn't hear it then, but I hear it now 
               Em      F#m G 
He was sayin', "I love you" 

Tag 

               Em      F#m G 
He was sayin', "I love you" 
         A           G 
The only way he knew how 

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