Watching You Uke tab by Rodney Atkins

8 Chords used in the song: D, G, A, C, Bb, G/B, D/F#, Em

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Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
4.13
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
CHORDS:   D chordD     G chordG     A chordA     C chordC    Bb chordBb    
G/B chordG/B D/F# chordD/F#
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INTRO:
D chordD - G chordG - D chordD - D chordD

VERSE I:
D chordD
Drivin' through town just my boy and me
With a happy meal in his booster seat
Bb chordBb C chordC D chordD
Knowin' that he couldn't have the toy 'til his nuggets were gone.
D chordD
A chordA green traffic light turned straight to red
I hit my brakes and mumbled under my breath.
Bb chordBb C chordC D chordD
His fries went a flyin', and his orange drink covered his lap
G chordG A chordA
Well, then my 4 year old said a four letter word
G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG
It started with S and I was concerned
G chordG D/F# chordD/F# Em chordEm D/F# chordD/F#
A chordA
So I said, son, now where'd you learn to talk like that


CHORUS:
D chordD
He said, I've been watching you, dad ain't that cool
A chordA
I'm your buckaroo, I want to be like you
G chordG A chordA
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
D chordD
We got cowboy boots and camo pants
A chordA
Yeah, we're just alike, hey, ain't we dad
G chordG A chordA G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG A chordA
I want to do everything you do
D chordD
So I've been watching you

D chordD - G chordG

VERSE II:
D chordD
We got back home and I went to the barn
I bowed my head and I prayed real hard
Bb chordBb C chordC D chordD
Said, lord, please help me help my stupid self
D chordD
Just this side of bedtime later that night
Turnin' on my son's Scooby-doo nightlight
Bb chordBb C chordC D chordD
He crawled out of bed and he got down on his knees
G chordG A chordA
He closed his little eyes, folded his little hands
G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG
Spoke to god like he was talkin' to a friend
G chordG D/F# chordD/F# Em chordEm D/F# chordD/F#
A chordA
And I said, son, now where'd you learn to pray like that

CHORUS:
D chordD
He said, I've been watching you, dad ain't that cool
A chordA
I'm your buckaroo; I want to be like you
G chordG A chordA
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
D chordD
We like fixin' things and holding momma's hand
A chordA
Yeah, we're just alike, hey, ain't we dad
G chordG A chordA G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG A chordA
I want to do everything you do;
D chordD
so I've been watching you


G chordG A chordA
With tears in my eyes I wrapped him in a hug
G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG
Said, my little bear is growin' up
G chordG D/F# chordD/F# Em chordEm D/F# chordD/F#
G chordG A chordA
And he said, but when I'm big I'll still know what to do

CHORUS:
D chordD
'cause I've been watching you, dad ain't that cool
A chordA
I'm your buckaroo' I want to be like you
G chordG A chordA
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
D chordD
By then I'll be strong as superman
A chordA
We'll be just alike, hey, won't we dad
G chordG A chordA G/B chordG/B A chordA G chordG A chordA
When I can do everything you do
D chordD
'cause I've been watchin' you

Uke tab by , 24 Dec 2009

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Correction C G E7 D C G D A
30 May 2020
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The tears in my eyes part is hard. I have to play C G D F C G D A
30 May 2020
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About this song: Watching You

"Watching You" was written by Atkins with Brian Gene White and Steve Dean. According to the Watching You Songfacts, the origins of the song lay in Atkins discovering that his son, Elijah had been singing his 2006 hit "If You're Going Through Hell (Before The Devil Even Knows)" to his teachers.

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