Daddy Could Swear chords by Gladys Knight & The Pips
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Intro 1
(E minor)
Verse 1
Oh, (E minor) how I remember daddy
He was young and had a built in tan, yeah
And though he only stood
about a five feet seven
My daddy was a heck of a man,
yes, he was, y'all
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Verse 2
He (E minor) loved us all and we knew it, yeah
Though he showed it in a
very funny way
For most of the time he was a-
cussin' and fussin'
Verse 3
When he said what he had to say
(E minor) Daddy couldn't read,
(A major) daddy couldn't write
But (E minor) one thing daddy (A major) sure could do right
Verse 4
He could swear (A major) (E minor) (A major)
Oh, Lord, I declare
(E minor) Yes, he could, y'all
Daddy could swear (A major) (E minor) (A major)
I declare, (E minor) ooh, have mercy
Verse 5
I still (E minor) remember seein'
him in the backyard
Just a- pickin' and a- paintin' away
Ooh, my brothers and
sisters still talk about
How daddy lost his temper that day
You see, he built a picket fence
from the garage to the house
Verse 6
Well, Sam, (E minor) tell me what I say
The same day the garbage man
backed into the fence
And the whole darn thing gave way
Verse 7
You should have been there
(E minor) Daddy couldn't read,
(A major) daddy couldn't write (E minor)
One thing daddy (A major) sure could do right
Verse 8
He could swear, (A major) (E minor) (A major) I declare (E minor)
Yes, he could, y'all
Daddy could swear, (A major) (E minor) (A major) I (E minor) declare
Yes, he could, y'all
Verse 9
Tell 'em about, (E minor) tell about your daddy
My daddy was a bad mouth, y'all
Watch ya say, watch your mouth
My daddy was a bad mouth, y'all
Watch ya say, watch your mouth
My daddy was a bad mouth, y'all
Watch ya say,
watch your mouth
(E major) (E minor) (E major) (A major)
Verse 10
My, my, my,
my (E minor) daddy wasn't no scholar, no
No, he didn't have Phd.
But in my eyes and deep down in my heart
My daddy means the world to me
Verse 11
He'll (E minor) probably go out talkin'
about daddy
Cursin', just a- fussin'
and a- bein' mad
But I hope the good Lord will understand
Verse 12
That daddy's is just bein' my dad
(E minor) Daddy couldn't read,
(A major) daddy couldn't (E minor) write
But one thing daddy (A major) sure could do right
Verse 13
He could swear (A major)
I declare, (E minor) y'all
Yes, he could
He could (A major) swear
I declare (E minor)
Verse 14
Have (E minor) mercy
Cursin', just a- fussin', I declare
That my daddy's
He could swear, y'all
Talkin' about daddy, I declare, y'all
Verse 15
That (E minor) my daddy's
He could swear
Talkin' about daddy
(E major) I declare, y'all (E minor)
Verse 16
That my daddy's (E major) (E minor)
He could swear, y'all
Talkin' (E minor) about daddy
Daddy Could Swear
Gladys Knight & The Pips
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