C - Am - F - G
(2x)
C Am F
G
1. I’m five years old, it’s
getting cold, I’ve got my big coat on,
C Am F G
I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you,
I run and run.
C Am F G
Past the pumpkin patch, and the tractor
rides up now, the sky is gold,
C Am F
G
I hug your legs and fall
asleep on the way home.
F G
C
G Am
I don’t know why all the trees change in the
fall,
F G
C
G Am
I know you’re not scared of anything at all.
F G C G
Am
Don’t know if Snow White’s house is near or
far away,
F
G C
but I
know I had the best day with you today.
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Am F G
2. I’m thirteen now and don’t know how my friends
could be so mean,
C Am F
G
I come home crying and you hold me tight and
grab the keys.
C Am F
G
And we drive and drive until we’ve found a
town far enough away,
C Am F G
and
we talk and window-shop until I’ve forgotten all their names.
F G C G Am
I don’t know who I’m gonna
talk to now at school,
F G C
G Am
I know I’m laughing on the car ride home
with you.
F G
C G
Am
Don’t know how long it’s gonna take to feel okay,
F
G C
but I
know I had the best day with you today.
F - Am
I have an excellent father, his strength is making me stronger,
F Am G
God smiles on my little brother, inside and
out he’s better than I am,
F C G
I grew up in a pretty house and I had space
to run,
F G G7
and I
had the best days with you.
C
Am F
G
3. There is a video I found
from back when I was three,
C Am F G
you
set up a paint set in the kitchen and you’re talking to me.
C Am
F G
It’s the edge of princesses and pirate ships
and the seven dwarves,
C Am F G
Daddy’s smart and you're the
prettiest lady in the whole wide world.
F G
C G
Am
Now I know why all the trees change in the
fall,
F G C
G Am
I know you were on my side even when I was
wrong.
F G
And I love you for giving me your eyes
C G Am
staying
back and watching me shine,
- F G
and I didn’t know if you knew,
C
G Am
so
I’m taking this chance to say
F
G C
that
I had the best day with you today.
(orig. = capo 1st)