Daddy, Why'd You Take My Guitar Away chords by Chip Taylor

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Verse 1
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Daddy,
why'd you take that guitar away?
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And a few more lessons I'd
have learned to play
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And come Christmas,
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I'd have played a song for you
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But you took that guitar
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and my heart too
And you headed back south
with a girl named Susie
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Daddy, why'd you take
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my old guitar away?
And Mama's in the kitchen,
she's been crying
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You said you're sorry,
but she ain't buying
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Daddy, why'd you take that
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old guitar away?
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You gave it to me three weeks ago
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And you told me you loved me
And that's how I'd know it
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Daddy, why'd you take
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my old guitar away?
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We never did too much
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talking anyway.
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Guess I could say that you
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were never there.
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When you handed me that
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six -string beauty,
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Oh, I loved you more than I ever dare
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Said, Daddy,
why'd you take that guitar away?
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And a few more lessons I'd learn to play
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And come Christmas,
I'd have played a song for you
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But you took that guitar and my heart too
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And you headed back south
with a girl named Susie
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Why'd you take my old guitar?
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Music teacher came to the door
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and said, I didn't want to play no more,
and
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Daddy, why'd you take my old
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guitar away?
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He said, girl, that's such a shame,
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you had your way around that thing,
and
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Daddy, why'd you take my old
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guitar away?
Daddy, why'd you take
my guitar away?
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And a few more lessons I'd
have learned to play
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And come Christmas,
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I'd have played a song for you
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But you took that Gibson
and my heart too
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And you headed back south
with a girl named Susie
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Daddy, why'd you take my
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old guitar away?
Daddy, why'd you take
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my old guitar away?
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