18 Video Tapes
Jason MeadowsVersion1
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One day little Billy said momma, wheres my dad?
fighting back the tears she said I knew one day youd ask
She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe
Said I think youll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes
See the doctors told him hed be gone before you were born
And it broke his heart to know hed never hold you in his arms
Determined not to let you grow up learning from mistakes
He put everything he thought youd need to know, on 18 video tapes
Like heres the way you hold a bat,
Be sure to keep that shoulder back
And when you cast that rod and reel,
Well use your wrist its in the field,
Or when you learn to ride your bike
Ill tell you now that you wont like those training wheels
But your momma will
That day on his momma showed him one of them a year
Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there
Sometimes he laughed, sometimes he cried
But he always walked away
Having learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes
Like when you shave dont get too close
Lose the hair but leave the nose
And when your momma gives you my old truck
Dont drive too fast or ride the clutch
Dont listen to your buddies son
when the conversation comes to the birds and bees
Just go to tape 18
Well I just need to tell you one more thing before I go
It wont be long youll have a little baby of your own
Be there for him every day, no matter what it takes
Even you have to put your love on 18 video tapes
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Readable chord sheet for 18 Video Tapes by Jason Meadows
[D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]One day little B[G]illy said m[A]omma, wheres my d[D]ad? [G]fighting back the te[D]ars she said I k[A]new one day youd a[D]sk [D]She walked him down the hal[C]lway, to a cl[A]oset with a saf[D]e Said I t[G]hink youll find the ans[D]wer right h[A]ere, in these 1[G]8 v[A]ideo t[D]apes See the do[D]ctors told him he[G]d be gone b[A]efore you were bo[D]rn And it b[G]roke his heart to kn[D]ow hed never h[A]old you in his [D]arms [D]Determined not to l[C]et you grow up le[A]arning from mist[D]akes [G]He put everything he th[D]ought youd need to k[A]now, on 1[G]8 v[A]ideo ta[D]pes [G]Like h[Em]eres the w[D]ay you hold a b[A]at, [G]Be sure to ke[Em]ep that sho[D]ulder ba[A]ck [G]And when you c[D]ast that r[G]od and re[D]el, Well u[G]se your wr[D]ist its in the fi[A]eld, [G]Or wh[Em]en you le[D]arn to ride your b[A]ike [G]Ill [Em]tell you n[D]ow that you wont li[A]ke those trai[D]ning whee[G]ls [G]But your mo[D]mma wi[A]ll [D]That day on his m[G]omma showed him o[A]ne of them a ye[D]ar [G]Sometimes it was al[D]most like his d[A]ad was really t[D]here [D]Sometimes he lau[C]ghed, som[A]etimes he cr[D]ied But he al[G]ways wa[A]lked a[D]way Having lea[G]rned another le[D]sson from his d[A]ad, in those 1[G]8 vi[A]deo ta[D]pes [G]Like w[Em]hen you sha[D]ve dont get t[A]oo close [G]Lose the h[Em]air but le[D]ave the n[A]ose [G]And when your mo[D]mma gi[G]ves you [D]my old truck Dont d[G]rive too fa[D]st or ride the cl[A]utch Dont l[D]isten t[G]o your buddies [A]son when the c[D]onversa[G]tion comes [A]to the b[D]irds and bee[G]s [D]Just go [G]to tape [A]18 Well [D]I just need to t[G]ell you one more th[A]ing before I [D]go It won[G]t be long youll ha[D]ve a little b[A]aby of your o[D]wn [D]Be there for him ev[C]ery day, no m[A]atter what it ta[D]kes [G]Even you ha[D]ve to put your lo[A]ve on 1[G]8 vi[A]deo ta[D]pes