Capo 1 Intro- D-G x4 D D/F# G One day little Billy said momma, wheres my dad? D D/F# G Fightin back the tears she said I knew one day youd ask D D/F# G G/F# She walked him down the hallway, to a closet with a safe Em Asus A D-G-D-G Said I think youll find the answer right here, in these 18 video tapes D D/F# G See the doctors told him hed be gone before you were born D D/F# G And it broke his heart to know hed never hold you in his arms D D/F# G G/F# Determined not to let you grow up learnin from mistakes Em Asus A D He put everything he thought youd need to know, on 18 video tapes (Chorus) G Like heres the way you hold a bat, Be sure to keep that shoulder back D And when you cast that rod and reel, Well use your wrist its in the feel, G Or when you learn to ride your bike D Ill tell you now that you wont like those training wheels Asus A But your momma will D D/F# G From that day his momma showed him one of them a year D D/F# G Sometimes it was almost like his dad was really there D D/F# Sometimes He laughed, sometimes he cried G G/F# But he always walked away Em Asus A Havin learned another lesson from his dad, in those 18 video tapes (CHORUS) G Like when you shave dont get too close Lose the hair but leave the nose D And when your momma gives you my old truck Dont drive too fast or ride the clutch G Dont listen to your buddies son D when the conversation comes to the birds and bees Asus A Just go to tape 18