G                Em          C  D       G
I woke up crying late at night when I was very young
C                G    Am                    D
I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone
G                 Em                     C         D    G
My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore
C                         G                 Am     D        G
So I made my way down the mirrored hall and tapped upon his door
              C         G                   Am               G
And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone that way?
            C           G                  Am      D
Don't wanna cry anymore so may I stay with you?"

[Chorus]
              C      D  G   C       D      G    C            D
And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do.  Everything I do is
G       D   C                D         Em   C         D       G
because of you, to keep you safe with me.  That's my job you see."

[Verse 2]
G                  Em          C        D       G
Later we barely got along, this teenage boy and he
            C                         G                Am               D
Most of the fights it seems were over different dreams we each held for me
G                       Em          C          D        G
He wanted knowledge and learning, I wanted to fly out West
               C                       G
Said, "I could make it  out there if I just had the fare.
       Am             D            G
I got half, will you loan me the rest."
               C        G                   Am                  G
And I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid.  There's no guarantee in the plans
                   C                       G                Am
I've made.  And if I should fail, who will pay my way back home?"

[Chorus]
               C     D   G   C       D       G   C          D
And he said, "That's my job, that's what I do.  Everything I do is
G       D   C                D         Em   C         D       G
because of you, to keep you safe with me.  That's my job you see."

[Bridge]
Em              D                   C         D         G
   Every person carves his spot and fills the hole with light
      C              E              C      Am  D
And I pray someday I might light as bright as he

[Verse 3]
G                  Em              C              D      G
Woke up  early one bright fall day, to spread the tragic news
        C           G              Am                D
After all my travels I settled down within a mile or two
G                        Em             C             D      G
   I make my living with words and rhyme and all this tragedy
          C                G          Am          D    G
Should go into my head and out instead as bits of poetry

[Chorus]
             C          G                   Am               G
But I said, "Daddy, I'm so afraid, how will I go on with you gone this
way?
        C                G             Am             D
How can I come up with a song to say I love you.......?"
C       D  G  C        D      G    C            D
"That's my job, that's what I do.  Everything I do is
G           C                D        Em   C         D       G
because of you, to keep you safe with me.  That's my job you see."

[Outro]
C            D     G       D  C                D         Em
Everything I do is because of you, to keep you safe with me....