Biography:
John McCutcheon has emerged as one of our most respected and loved folksingers. As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer. His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe. His twenty-four recordings have garnered every imaginable honor, including five Grammy nominations. He has produced over twenty albums of other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary singer-songwriters to educational and documentary works.
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[Intro]
D G D
G D
On the day that school let out
G D
My sister Anne and me
A Bm
Walked the fields behind our house
G
To find our Christmas tree
D
She was six years older
G D
So she led the way
A Bm G A D G D G
As we walked out to find the tree we'd have on Christmas day.
D G D
Now weeks of late November rain had brought the creek to flood
A Bm
As we walked out across the field
G
Our boots sunk in the mud
D G D
I soon realized that I could step inside her prints so grand
A Bm G A
Until it seemed like I was walking across the driest land
G D
I was walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
D
Mom could hit a baseball
G D
Lee could fly a kite,
A Bm G
Dad knew every constellation in the sky at night
D G D
And Ann could sing about every song that Elvis ever sung
A Bm G A
And it wasn't long before it seemed like I knew every one.
G D
I was walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
G D
I was watching how you walked and talked.
G D
How you held you head.
G D
Every joke that made you laugh.
G A
Every book you read.
G D G D
And how you always did your best when no one seemed to care,
Em D
How you did you did your duty,
G A
How you did your share.
D
Now as I grow older
G D A Bm
It's so easy to forget all the ones who follow after me
G
I can't imagine yet
D
Who learn what I remember,
G D
Who do what I have done,
A Bm
Every step I travel now
G A
I walk for more than one.
G D
I'm walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G D
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
D G D
G D
On the day that school let out
G D
My sister Anne and me
A Bm
Walked the fields behind our house
G
To find our Christmas tree
D
She was six years older
G D
So she led the way
A Bm G A D G D G
As we walked out to find the tree we'd have on Christmas day.
D G D
Now weeks of late November rain had brought the creek to flood
A Bm
As we walked out across the field
G
Our boots sunk in the mud
D G D
I soon realized that I could step inside her prints so grand
A Bm G A
Until it seemed like I was walking across the driest land
G D
I was walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
D
Mom could hit a baseball
G D
Lee could fly a kite,
A Bm G
Dad knew every constellation in the sky at night
D G D
And Ann could sing about every song that Elvis ever sung
A Bm G A
And it wasn't long before it seemed like I knew every one.
G D
I was walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
G D
I was watching how you walked and talked.
G D
How you held you head.
G D
Every joke that made you laugh.
G A
Every book you read.
G D G D
And how you always did your best when no one seemed to care,
Em D
How you did you did your duty,
G A
How you did your share.
D
Now as I grow older
G D A Bm
It's so easy to forget all the ones who follow after me
G
I can't imagine yet
D
Who learn what I remember,
G D
Who do what I have done,
A Bm
Every step I travel now
G A
I walk for more than one.
G D
I'm walking in your foot prints
A D G D
Counting every step, measuring every move you made,
G A G D A Bm A
Every word you said, and I was dancing in your shadow, doing what you do.
G D A D G D G D
I was learning how to be like me by being just like you.
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