| D | G | D | |
| I g | ot sent home from school one day with a s | hiner on my e | ye |
| G | A | |
| Cause fighting was against the rules and it d | idn't matter w | hy |
| G | A | D | G | |
| When d | ad got home I t | old that story j | ust like I'd reh | earsed |
| D | A | D | |
| Th | en stood there almost trembling and w | aited for the w | orst |
| ** Refrain ** |
| D | G | D | |
| He (I, they) said l | et me tell you a secret a | bout a father's l | ove |
| G | A | |
| A secret that my daddy said was j | ust between u | s |
| G | A | D | G | |
| You see d | addy's don't just l | ove their children e | very now and t | hen |
| D | A | D | A | D | |
| It's a l | ove without e | nd, am | en It's a love without e | nd, am | en |
| (Chords same as above) |
| When I became a father in the spring of '81 |
| There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son |
| And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end |
| I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him |
| Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates |
| When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake |
| If they knew half the things I've done they'll never let me in |
| Then a somewhere from the other side and I heard these words again |