C G F C G F

C                          F                C
Daddy worked hard all life sweatin? in some factory
                                           G
Gugitire (sp) Rubber, was the only life he knew
C                                F           C
They gave him a gold watch after 20 years of service
                                 G            C
The retired and moved to Florida with my mama Lou.

C                              F                 C
They left Akron far behind and sold the house we lived in
                                                 G
Nothin? there but memories now of how it used to be
C                               F          C
Diane left and middle Ray moved out to California
                         G                  C
Jimmy stayed in Ohio and they got left with me.

[Chorus]
              C                   G                F            C
And they said Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own you will see
F                  C                    G
It takes more than money son to raise a family
    F                 G                       C                F
I?m tellin? you right now that there?s things in this life are free
C                                    G                C
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own and you will see. 

C                                 F                C
I was much too young back then to know what he was sayin?
                                          G
Daddy?s gone to Heaven now he left me all alone
C                             F             C
Me I finally settled down but I can still remember
                                   G                C
All the things he said I?d have to learn when I was grown.

C                               F               C
Always lend a helpin? hand when your out on the highway
                                                   G
Take the time to smell the roses life will soon be gone
C                                   F                 C
Teach your children well my son someday you?ll be without them
                                  G                C
So I?ve tried to show them how to make it on their own.

[Chorus]
           C                   G                F            C
I tell ?em Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own you will see
F                  C                    G
It takes more than money son to raise a family
    F                 G                       C                F
I?m tellin? you right now that there?s things in this life are free
C                                    G                C
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own and you will see.

C                   G                F
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own
C                   G                F
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own 
C                   G                F
Someday You'll Have Children Of Your Own.