Cotton Patch Gospel

C E7 You are still my boy F A7 Even though you're gone now Dm A7 Dm G We have your memories lingerin' on F B7 Boyish laughter rings out clear C A7 And it seems you must be near D7 Dm7 Footsteps sound and I look around G9 G And I look to see if you are here C E7 You still claim a part F A7/9 A7 Of that hopeful place I call my heart Dm A7 Dm G Hopeless is a word I never learned F B7 Though my head knows what is true C A7 That we've seen the very last of you D7 Dm7 My heart won't listen, it just keeps missin' G G That lovin' boy that it once knew C E7 You will always be F You will always be A7/9 A7 Somewhere deep inside of me Dm A7 I know it, yes I know it Dm G I can feel it Bridge: Am E7 I ain't no prophet claimin' doom now Am Somehow I never learned the knack C E7 You got a boy, you give him room now Dm G Gaug7 And then there's nothin' ever gonna bring him back, oh C E7 You are still my boy F A7/9 A7 Even though, even though you're gone now Dm A7 Dm I hear your laughter lingerin' on G I hear it, yes it's true F B7 And no matter what I do C A7 No matter where, no matter where I'm goin' to Dm G I'll always have my memories Em A7 I'll always have my memories Dm G F I'll always have my memories of you C Of you