A Father's Arms

Written By: Adam Aijala
Appears on: Town by Town

Intro: D A Bm G D A (2x)

D A Bm
The news it came to me as a surprise
G D A
And I knew that I would have to deal in time
D A Bm
And as the messenger walked right off the porch
G D A
A memory came to me from times before
G A D
I remember when my dad was called away
G D A
My mother put his pictures all away
G A D
And now the time had come for me to go
G D A
To my love my tears I tried not to show
 

Refrain:
G A D Bm
With teardrops on my face thinkin ‘bout that old home place
G A D
Ridin’ across the plains in the rain
D A Bm
The letters from my dad described the war
G D A
His food was canned his boots they made him sore
D A Bm
And one letter from my dad spoke of a friend
G D A
Who got lost between the water and the land

G A D
Now I’m the one writing letters to my son
G D A
I’ll be home as soon as the fighting’s done
G A D
With my gun in hand I guess it’s hard to see
G D A
What it was that used to be inside of me
 

Refrain

Bm F#m
Today we moved in sight of the enemy
A F#m
Though I didn’t even know what they had done
Bm F#m
The general yelled to me, when I count to three
A Bm A F#m A
Get on your feet, and start to ruuuuuuuuuuun
D A Bm
And that’s the last event I can recall
G D A
The tent was big but couldn’t hold us all
D A Bm
And though ill never know what got the best of me
G D A
I swear I felt my dad lookin over me
 

Refrain (2x)