Words & Music by Rik Palieri

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Fathers & Sons, since time begun, iron clad hearts weighing a ton.
C              G            Dm
A shake of the hand a slap on the back, old memories from a
F            C
worn leather strap

CHORUS:
    Am F    C             G          
The hardest thing for a father to do, 
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isn't swinging an ax or tying a shoe,
Am     F       C                 
so open your heart let your spirit shine through by 
G            C
showing your son your love

My Father & Me would never agree, 
fussing & fighting since the day I was three. 
A giant of steel, who just couldn't feel 
how to show his son his love,

CHORUS

The autumn winds blew as the young child grew 
as he cursed at a man, that he never knew. 
While doing the chores, he cursed him much more 
& never gave his father his love.

CHORUS

Too many days have come & have passed
and the days of my childhood are out of my grasp. 
Now my father & I both want to cry, 
thinking back on the time that we were denied

LAST CHORUS:
The hardest thing for a father to do, 
isn't swinging an ax or tying a shoe, 
open your heart let your spirit shine through 
by showing your son your love, ........
by showing your son your love.