(May be sung to the tune of, "You load Sixteen Tons and what do ya get?" Key Am and Capo up 2 to 4 frets)
(Begin with these lines, sung to the chorus).
(Am)Where would you
(Am)Be without your (F)fa- ther and (E7)mother. You
(Am)would- n't get far without the (F)one or the (E7)other. With-
(Am)out them life wouldn't (Dm)ev- en be had and
(Am)that's why you honor your (E7)mo-ther and dad.
Oh--------(in 4/4 rest on beat 1, hold for beats 2,3,4)
1. (Am)When God gave us com-(F)mand- ment (E7)four He
(Am)gave us some words that we (F)should- n't ig- (E7)nore. He
(Am)said, "I gave you parents, (Dm)one of each kind And
(Am)here is exactly what I (E7)had in mind.
I
used your parents in your creation, to
keep you from dying of cold and starvation. For
these two reasons and a lot more too
ho- nor them is what I want you to do." (Chorus)
Well--------
2. God puts parents in a spe-cial place,
dif- ferent from the rest of the hu- man race.
Bro- thers, sisters, neighbors, we are to love but
all of these our parents are set above.
Ho- nor means we love them but it means more. It
means a lot of things that we ought to explore.
Mod- esty, humility, def- erence too,
ser- vice and obedienct to name a few. (Chorus)
3. We-----------
all know parents can tend to annoy us and
some things they tell us do not overjoy us. But
ev- en though we may not al- ways agree we
still need to act toward them ho- norably.
So
wheth- er their worthy or wheth- er there not, theres
some- thing important that we need to be taught.
Its from God that our par- ents are sent. For
us to honor them is his intent. (Chorus)
4. And -------
if we need more rea- son to listen why,
those who ignore it don't know what their missin'. In
homes where this commandment is kept faithfully there's
love, kindness. happiness and har- mony.
And
God has given a pro- mise as well, "That
you may live long in the land where you dwell."
Good days, prosperity and hap- piness
These are the ways it says that God will bless, (Final Chorus below)
All those who
C. honor their fa- ther and mother. You
would- n't get far without the one or the other. With-
out them life wouldn't ev- en be had and
that's why you honor your mo-ther and dad.
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