Key: C minor
Intro 1
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Am
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Dm
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Dm
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Verse 1
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And what's that under there?
Am
E
And oh daddy, oh hey daddy,
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B
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hey look at over there
Am
G
And where they goin' there,
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Am
and what they doin' there,
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B
Am
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Hey who daddy'd my chair,
D
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and what's she doin' there,
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and oh daddy oh hey daddy
B
Am
E
can I go over there
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G
Hey daddy what's a square,
D
Am
and where do we get air,
E
Am
big elephant over there.
My quizzical kid,
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Am
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he's forever demanding to know who
B
E
and what and why and where.
Inquisitive child,
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B
sometimes the questions are wild,
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Am
big elephant over there?
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Am
G
Don't wanna comb my hair,
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and oh daddy oh hey look at that
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E
cowboy come and dare.
D
Am
boots like that to wear?
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E
And daddy, can I have that big elephant
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Dm
Am
Dm
over there?
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Am
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Time will march, the years will go
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B
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The little fella's gonna grow
E
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I gotta tell him what he
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F
B
Help him along so he'll know right
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Am
gonna make him strong.
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Am
As life's parade goes trudging by,
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F
he'll need to know some reasons why.
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I don't have all the answers,
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B
but I'll try be st that I can,
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he'll be a man.
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Man, you give your kid your best
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B
and hope he'll pass the
And finally send him out
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But when he's grown,
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Never will forget him
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Daddy, can I have that big elephant
Dm
Am
Dm
Am
Dm
over there?
Am
E
Am
G
Hey, what they doin' there?
D
Am
And how you work that there?
E
B
And, oh, daddy, oh, hey, daddy, hey,
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what's that say up there?
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G
Hey, daddy, what is fair?
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B
And, daddy, can I have that big
Outro 1
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