daddy said chords by
Nanci Griffith

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G G 
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Oh, I used to wish I was a hard line taker,
and they'd say,
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"Six to one a half dozen'll break her",
C C 
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'till I fell in love with a young
G G 
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man who sang the blues
Oh, bless my daddy, he warned me well
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He'd whisper in my ear and say, "Now look out,
gal,
C C 
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There's al ways a ne'er do well
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gonna call you the fool"

Verse 2
C C 
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[Chorus:] He said, "you'll
G G 
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never learn to fish
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G G 
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on a borrowed line
C C 
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G G 
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You'll never learn to write if you're walk
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G G 
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in' 'round cryin'
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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And it's a pity that you're lover died young,
but,
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G G 
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You'll never get tired of livin' alone".

Verse 3
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So, now I dream of the lover
that I don't know
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It's safer this way ''cause I don't have to go,
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oh, and  he
Won't come,
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so nobody goes away
Sometimes I wish for
the warmth of his hand
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Take a look in these eyes
and understand
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G G 
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I'm just a little too old to be a-learnin' the the rules of the game
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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Cm Cm 3
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Verse 4
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[Chorus]
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Oh,
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G G 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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maybe
I could take him to Mexico
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We'd kick our heels in the warm
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cloudy gulf
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He'd sing a song about the
weather in the Poconos;
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This lover that I don't know
Then two hearts would pound
'stead of one in the night
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I'd learn to fish with my own line
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Catch my dream and hope that line would hold