[G] [Em] [C] [D] x2
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[G] I'm five years [Em] old
It's getting [C] cold, got my big [D] coat on
I [G] hear your [Em] laugh
And look up at [C] smilin at you, I run [D] and run
[G] Past the pumpkin [Em] patch
And the tractor [C] rides, Look now, the sky [D] is gold
I [G] hug your [Em] legs
And fall [C] asleep on the way [D] home
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I [C] don't [D] know why all the trees [G] change in the fall [Em]
[C] But I know [D] you're not scared of [G] anything at [Em] all
[C] Don't know if [D] Snow White's house is near [G] or far [Em] away
But I know I had the [C] best day [D] with you today [G]
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[G] I'm 13 [Em] now
And don't know [C] how my friends could be [D] so mean
I [G] come home [Em] crying
and you hold me [C] tight and [D] grab the keys
[G] And we drive and [Em] drive
Until we find a [C] town far [D] enough away
[G] And we talk and [Em] window shop
Til Ive [C] forgotten all [D] their names
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I [C] don't [D] know who I'm gonna [G] talk to now at [Em] school
[C] But I know [D] I'm laughing on the car [G] ride home [Em] with you
[C] Don't know how [D] long it's gonna [G] take to feel [Em] okay
But I know I had the [C] best day [D] with you today [G]
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I [Em] have an [C] excellent father
[G] His strength is [D] making me stronger
[Em] God smiles on my [C] little brother
[G] Inside and out, he's [D] better than I am...
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I [C] grew up in a [D] pretty house and I [G] had space to [Em] run
And I had the [C] best days [D] with you
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[G] There is a [Em] video
I [C] found from back when I [D] was three
[G] You set up a [Em] paint set
in the [C] kitchen and you're [D] talking to me
[G] It's the age of [Em] princesses
and [C] pirate ships and the [D] seven dwarfs
[G] My Daddy's [Em] smart
And you're the prettiest [C] lady in the [D] whole wide world
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[C] Now I [D] know why the all the trees [G] change in the [Em] fall
I [C] know you [D] were on my side [G] even when I was [Em] wrong
And I [C] love you for giving me [D] your eyes, staying back and [G] watching me shine [Em]
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And I [C] didn't know if [D] you knew, so I'm takin [G] this chance to [Em] say
I had the [C] best day [D] with you [G] today.
