Love Without End

I g[D]ot sent home from school one day with a s[G]hiner on my e[D]ye
Cause fighting was against the rules and it d[G]idn't matter w[A]hy
When d[G]ad got home I t[A]old that story j[D]ust like I'd reh[G]earsed
Th[D]en stood there almost trembling and w[A]aited for the w[D]orst

** Refrain **

He (I, they) said l[D]et me tell you a secret a[G]bout a father's l[D]ove
A secret that my daddy said was j[G]ust between u[A]s
You see d[G]addy's don't just l[A]ove their children e[D]very now and t[G]hen
It's a l[D]ove without e[A]nd, am[D]en  It's a love without e[A]nd, am[D]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