Thomas Mcintire - Pathway To A Man Teclado

	  
verse 1 
G                                   C 
A father’s son, but yet so distant. 
                                    D 
A teenage boy, who couldn’t fit in, 
                                    G 
with the laws my daddy laid out for me. 
G 
I ran away, I broke the rules, 
C                                   G 
Hardheaded, thinking I was so damn cool. 
                                          C 
My father told me to grow up, and at that time 
G 
I had had enough, 
D                            G 
I left home, and I change schools. 


Because the 
E                  C 
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. 
D                     C 
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you 
E                      G 
caught up in the middle. 
E                                C 
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. 
D                                                        G 
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here. 

verse 2 
G 
Mama took me in, her baby boy. 
G 
Thought I’d do right, and seek the Lord. 
C                              G 
But God knows I never really tried. 
E 
Until that day I became a man, 
C 
I stood in line and raise my hand. 
D 
took that oath swore to defend. 
C 
Two years later, I couldn’t comprehend. 
C                                         G 
12 months of dragging boots through the sand. 

Because the 
E                  C 
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. 
D                     C 
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you 
E                      G 
caught up in the middle. 
E                                C 
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. 
D                                                        G 
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here. 

verse 3 
            G 
Got a girl at home, baby on the way. 
C                                          G 
Six months left, so I couldn’t stay too, long. 
         D 
But his blue eyes looked up at me, 
            E 
And I realized who I could be. 
     C 
A father trying to raise his son, 
C                               G 
the way my family had done, for me. 
C 
So I called my dad and thanked him so 
D 
For all the times he held me close 
C                                 G 
When I was lost and I could, not see 
C 
So I called my mom and thanked her so 
D 
For all the times she prayed for me 
C                            G 
Jesus turn this boy into, a man 

Because the 
E                  C 
pathway of a man becomes a lot in just so little. 
D                     C 
Blink too slow, you might just miss it, leave you 
E                      G 
caught up in the middle. 
E                                C 
Realize what you’ve done, give thanks and say your prayers. 
D                                                        G 
You have a life in front of you, so live it from right here.