Intro:
[C] [-] [Dm] [-] [C] [-] [Dm]
[C]There's a man at my house, [Dm]he's so big and strong
[C]He goes to work each day, and he [Dm]stays all day long
[C]He comes home each night [Dm]looking tired and beat
[C]He sits down at the dinner table and [Dm]has a bite to eat
[C]Never a frown [Dm]always a smile
[C]When he says to me [Dm]how's my child
[C]I said that I've been studying [Dm]hard all day in school
[C]Tryin' very hard to [Dm]understand the golden rule
[C]I think I'll color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[C]I'm gonna color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[Em]He says education is a [Dm]thing to complete
[Em]Because without it, life [Dm]just ain't very sweet
[Em]I love this man [Dm]and I don't know why
[Em]Except I'll need his strength [Dm]until the day that I die
[C]I think I'll color him [F]father
[C]I'm gonna color him [G]love
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[C]Our real old man he got [Dm]killed in the war
[C]And momma and seven kids couldn't [Dm]gotten very far
[C]She said she thought that she could [Dm]never love again
[C]And then there he stood [Dm]with that big wide grin
[Em]He married my mother, [Dm]he took us in
[Em]And now we belong to the man [Dm]with that big wide grin
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I'm gonna color him [G]love
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[C] [-] [Dm] [-] [C] [-] [Dm]
[C]There's a man at my house, [Dm]he's so big and strong
[C]He goes to work each day, and he [Dm]stays all day long
[C]He comes home each night [Dm]looking tired and beat
[C]He sits down at the dinner table and [Dm]has a bite to eat
[C]Never a frown [Dm]always a smile
[C]When he says to me [Dm]how's my child
[C]I said that I've been studying [Dm]hard all day in school
[C]Tryin' very hard to [Dm]understand the golden rule
[C]I think I'll color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[C]I'm gonna color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[Em]He says education is a [Dm]thing to complete
[Em]Because without it, life [Dm]just ain't very sweet
[Em]I love this man [Dm]and I don't know why
[Em]Except I'll need his strength [Dm]until the day that I die
[C]I think I'll color him [F]father
[C]I'm gonna color him [G]love
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
[C]Our real old man he got [Dm]killed in the war
[C]And momma and seven kids couldn't [Dm]gotten very far
[C]She said she thought that she could [Dm]never love again
[C]And then there he stood [Dm]with that big wide grin
[Em]He married my mother, [Dm]he took us in
[Em]And now we belong to the man [Dm]with that big wide grin
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I'm gonna color him [G]love
[C]I got to color him [F]father
[C]I think I'll color him [G]love
