Ricky Skaggs - My fathers son

My ^Ghistory is no secret, it's ^Cwritten in the ^Dstones In the ^Ghill beside this river, rest my ^Cmother gentle ^Gbones And ^Gdaddy there beside her home a- ^Cmong his next of ^Dkin And their ^Glegacy passed ^Cdown to me, the sons of mountain ^Gmen ^GRaised to be a miner by a ^Cminers callused ^Dhands Passed my ^Gyouth between these mountains where I ^Cgrew to under- ^Gstand That ^Gfamily was the word of God and ^Cfaith was its de- ^Dmand And ^Glife and death, the same came from the ^Ccoal beneath this ^Gland

Well, a ^Drich man writes the ^Gbook of laws a ^Dpoor man must de- ^Gfend But the ^Chighest laws are ^Gwritten on the hearts of honest ^Emmen ^GIf that cup is passed to me to ^Cdo what must be ^Ddone When they ^Glay me down remind them I was ^Cjust my father's ^Gson

I've ^Gwalked among these people, heard the ^Cstories that they ^Dtell I've ^Gcrawled beside them in the mines and ^Ctouched the walls of ^Ghell I've ^Gshared their sacred secrets, known their ^Ctriumph and their ^Dpain And ^Gright or wrong I'll stand with them on the ^Cfinal judgment ^Gday They ^Gsay God gives his comfort when the ^Ctime of trouble ^Dcomes They ^Gsay we'll own no share of peace till ^Cwe lay down our ^Gguns But ^Gwill my boy have the chance to do the ^Cthings I've never ^Ddone Or will ^Ghe, like me, be told that he must ^Cbe his father's ^Gson?

Well, a ^Drich man writes the ^Gbook of laws a ^Dpoor man must de- ^Gfend But the ^Chighest laws are ^Gwritten on the hearts of honest ^Emmen ^GWhen that cup is passed to me to ^Cdo what must be ^Ddone On a ^Gchunk of coal just carve these words, ''I was just my father's son...''