John McCutcheon - Footprints

^F On the ^Cday that school let out My ^Fsister Anne^C and me Walked th^Ge fields^Am behind our house To ^Ffind our Christmas tree ^C She was six years older ^FSo she led the ^Cway As we walked ou^Gt to fi^Amnd the tree we'd ha^Fve on Ch^Gristmas da^Cy. ^{F C F} Now ^Cweeks of late November rain had ^Fbrought the creek to ^Cflood

As we walked ^Gout ac^Amross the field Our ^Fboots sunk in the mud I ^Csoon realized that I could step inside ^Fher prints so ^Cgrand Until it ^Gseemed like ^AmI was walking ^Facross the driest ^Gland

I was ^Fwalking in your f^Coot prints ^GCounting every ^Cstep, ^Fmeasuring every ^Cmove you made, ^FEvery word you ^Gsaid, and I was ^Fdancing in your ^Cshadow, ^Gdoing what you ^Amdo.^G I was ^Flearning how to ^Cbe like me by ^Gbeing just like ^Cyou.^{F C F}

^CMom could hit a baseball ^FLee could fly a ^Ckite, Dad knew ^Gevery ^Amconstellation ^Fin the sky at night And ^CAnn could sing about every song that ^FElvis ever ^Csung And it wasn't ^Glong be^Amfore it seemed like ^FI knew every ^Gone.

^FI was walking in ^Cyour foot prints ^GCounting every ^Cstep, ^Fmeasuring every ^Cmove you made, ^FEvery word you ^Gsaid, and I was ^Fdancing in your ^Cshadow, ^Gdoing what you ^Amdo.^G I was ^Flearning how to ^Cbe like me by ^Gbeing just like ^Cyou.^{F C F} I was ^Fwatching how you ^Cwalked and talked. ^FHow you held you ^Chead. ^FEvery joke that ^Cmade you laugh. ^FEvery book you ^Gread. ^FAnd how you always ^Cdid your best when ^Fno one seemed to ^Ccare, ^DmHow you did you did your ^Cduty, ^FHow you did your ^Gshare.

^CNow as I grow older It's so ^Feasy to ^Cforget all the ones who ^Gfollow ^Amafter me ^FI can't imagine yet Who ^Clearn what I remember, ^FWho do what I have ^Cdone, Every ^Gstep I ^Amtravel now I ^Fwalk for more than ^Gone.

I'm ^Fwalking in your ^Cfoot prints ^GCounting every ^Cstep, ^Fmeasuring every ^Cmove you made, ^FEvery word you ^Gsaid, and I was ^Fdancing in your ^Cshadow, ^Gdoing what you ^Amdo.^G I was ^Flearning how to ^Cbe like me by ^Gbeing just like ^Cyou.^{F C F C}