Daddy Lived In Houston chords by Johnny Bush
Verse 1
G
C
By 5 a .m. I was in the woods
D
G
with an old tow sack
By 6 o 'clock
C
I'd made my trip
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G
to the rabbit traps and back
C
My seven mama had them dressed
D
G
and crying in the pad
C
When daddy lived in Houston
D
G
and we lived off the land
C
They said that down in Houston
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G
workers were hard to find
That a man couldn't make
C
his fortune there
D
G
while we just scraped for dimes
C
The money was just waiting there
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G
for those with skillful hands
C
So Daddy moved to Houston
D
G
Eb
and we lived off the land
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
They say they built the biggest ship
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Ab
that ever sailed the sea
Db
But not all Daddy's money
Eb
Ab
came back to Mom and me
Db
We didn't know the reason,
Eb
but we tried to understand
Ab
Db
When Daddy lived in Houston
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Ab
E
and we lived off the land
F#m
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A
D
An d when the war was over,
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A
Dad never made it home
D
And I think mama knew
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A
he wouldn't come back all alone
It took a while
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E
A
but now I know it never was his plan
D
When daddy left in Houston
E
A
and we lived off the land
D
When Daddy lived in Houston
E
A
and we lived off the land
Daddy Lived In Houston
Johnny Bush
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