Watching Scotty Grow by Mac Davis
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro:  D         C         D       C
Verse 
D                                  C
    There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad
       G            A            D   Dsus D Asus D
He’s a handsome lad,   that’s my boy
                          C
     P, R, L, F, Q spells Mom and Dad
           G             A                  D   Dsus D Asus
Well, that ain’t too bad   ‘cause that’s my boy
Chorus  
      G                 A             D          Dsus D Asus
Well, you can have your T.V. and your nightclubs
G                   A                D     Dsus D Asus
  You can have your drive-in picture shows
G                 A                D                 G
I’ll sit here and drink a beer and listen to the radio
 G/                A/              D    C    D       C
Bidin’ my time and Watchin’ Scotty Grow
Verse 
D                                C
  Makin’ castles out of building blocks
      G             A           D   Dsus/D/Asus/D
And a cardboard box,  that’s my boy
                               C
    Mickey Mouse says it’s thirteen o’clock
             G             A                D   Dsus/D/Asus
Well, that’s quite a shock   but, that’s my boy
Chorus  
   G                     A                  D      Dsus/D/Asus
In four short years I’ve grown from rags to riches
    G            A                 D    Dsus/D/Asus
And what I did before that I don’t know
      G                      A                D              G
Well, you can let it rain on my window pane I got my own rainbow
               G                    A               D     C     D     C
And we’re just sittin’ here shinin’ Watchin’ Scotty Grow
Verse  
D                             C
  Up on Daddy’s shoulders and off to bed
    G           A            D   Dsus/D/Asus/D
Ol’ sleepy head    that’s my boy
                                            C
    Gotta have a drink of water and a story read
       G                       A           D   Dsus/D/Asus
An old teddy bear named ‘Fred’   that’s by boy
Chorus  
      G                         A                      D         Dsus D Asus
Well, what’s that you say Mama, “Come on and keep your feet warm”
G                       A                    D   Dsus D Asus
Save me a place I’ll be there in a minute or so,
  G                     A                     D               G
I think I’ll stay right here and say a little prayer before I go
       G              A               D         
‘Cause me and God are Watchin’ Scotty Grow
G              A                D       F        G       A      D 
Me and God are Watchin’ Scotty Grow