I Never Knew My Father
Kate Wolf
From a Video
Also on Lines on the Paper 1977
Kate Wolf and the Wildwood with Cache Valley Drifters 
Thanks to SpikesMusic for chords
Key of C


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IT WAS TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN MY LIFE
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THE SECOND CHILD OF A WOMAN WHO TRIED HARD TO RAISE US RIGHT.
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SHE MARRIED A MAN, WHEN I WAS JUST A BABE
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WHO TREATED ME JUST LIKE HIS OWN, EVEN GIVING ME HIS NAME.
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I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
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I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
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NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
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JUST THE SAME."
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SOMETIMES I GOT TO WONDERING ABOUT THIS MAN I NEVER KNEW
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WHEN I'D FIND MYSELF INTO SOMETHING JUST THE WAY HE USED TO DO
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HEARD STORIES ALL MY LIFE OF HOW HE LOVED TO SING
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AND HOW HE WOULD TAKE APART AND FIX MOST ANYTHING.
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I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
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I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
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NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
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JUST THE SAME."
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NOW I CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T CARE THAT HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN.
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I GET TO ASKING WHY HE DID AND I'LL PROBABLY ASK SOME MORE
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MY LIFE'S BEEN GOOD. I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE HAD IT BAD
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BUT NOW I'M SEEING YEARS THAT MY DAD NEVER HAD.
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I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER, I ONLY KNEW HIS NAME
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I NEVER KNEW THE WAY HE MOVED, HOW HE TALKED OR WHAT HE SAID
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NOW I'M GROWN AND MY MAMA SAYS, "YOU'RE LIKE YOUR DADDY,
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JUST THE SAME."