Tom: D D G D I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye G A Cause fighting was against the rules and it didn't matter why G A D G When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed D A D Then stood there almost trembling and waited for the worst D G D He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love G A A secret that my daddy said was just between us G A D G You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then D A D A D It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen D G D When I became a father in the spring of '81 G A There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son G A D G And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end D A D A D I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him D G D He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love G A A secret that my daddy said was just between us G A D G You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then D A D A D It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen D G D Last night I dreamed I died and stood outside those pearly gates G A When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake G A D G If they knew half the things I've done they'll never let me in D A D Then a somewhere from the other side and I heard these words again D G D He (I, they) said let me tell you a secret about a father's love G A A secret that my daddy said was just between us G A D G You see daddy's don't just love their children every now and then D A D A D It's a love without end, amen It's a love without end, amen