Karaoke Track: He Didn't Have To Be by Brad Paisley (Chart Buster)

IN THE STYLE OF
BRAD PAISLEY

KEY OF EA) TIMEI 439

4 BAR INTRO

WHEN A SINGLE MOM
GOES OUT ON A DATE
WITH
SOMEBODY NEW

MY MAMA
USED TO WONDER
IF SHE&#39;D EVER
MEET SOMEONE

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WHO WOULDN&#39;T
FIND OUT ABOUT ME
AND THEN TURN
AROUND AND RUN

I MET THE MAN
I CALL MY DAD
INHEN I WAS
FIVE YEARS OLD
HE TOOK MY MOM OUT
TO A MOVIE

A FEW MONTHS LATER
I REMEMBER
LYIN&#39; THERE IN BED
I OVERHEARD HIM
POP THE QUESTION

AND I PRAYED
THAT SHE&#39;D SAY YES
AND THEN
LL OF A SUDDEN
AW IT SEEMED
SO STRANGE TO ME

LOOKIN&#39; BACK
ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT
ALL THE THINGS
HE DID FOR ME

IS I HOPE I&#39;M AT LEAST
HALF THE DAD
THAT HE DIDN&#39;T HAVE
TO BE

I MET THE GIRL
THAT&#39;S NOW MY WIFE
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO

WE HAD THE PERFECT
MARRIAGE
BUT WE WANTED
SOMETHIN&#39; MORE

NOW HERE I STAND
SURROUNDED BY
OUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS
CROWDED &#39;ROUND
THE NURSERY WINDOW

AS THEY BRING
THE BABY IN
AND NOW
ALL OF A SUDDEN
AW IT SEEMS
SO STRANGE TO ME

LOOKIN&#39; THROUGH
THE GLASS
I THINK ABOUT
THE MAN
THAT&#39;S STANDIN&#39; NEXT
TO ME

AND I HOPE I&#39;M AT LEAST
HALF THE DAD
THAT HE DIDN&#39;T HAVE
TO BE

4 BAR
BREAK

LOOKIN&#39; BACK
ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT
ALL THE THINGS HE DID
FOR ME

IS I HOPE I&#39;M AT LEAST
HALF THE DAD
THAT HE DIDN&#39;T HAVE
TO BE

YEAH I HOPE
I&#39;M AT LEAST
HALF THE DAD

THAT HE DIDN&#39;T HAVE
TO BE

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