Do Daddy (Requiem For John Lee Hooker) chords by John Lee Hooker Jr.
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Verse 1
(A minor) (D major) (A minor) (F major) He (E minor) used to (A minor) come
home in the (D major) wee wee (E minor) hours
Brought (A minor) us barbe (D major) que in
the middle of (E minor) the night
Told (A minor) us bedtime (D major) boogey (E minor) man stories
He said goodnight, (A minor) (F sharp major) d -d -d -don't let
(D major) the fever (A minor) bite (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (E minor)
He felt (A minor) he had a mor (E minor) al oblig (D major)
ation (E minor) to (A minor) treat everybody (D major) fair. (E minor)
No (A minor) mat ter what race (D major) or creed or col (E minor) or that you were,
if you needed him, (A minor) he was always
(D major) there.
(E minor) He did (A minor) n't have (D major) a formal (E minor) education
(A minor) Cause (E minor) he felt there (D major) wasn't (E minor) a need
But he was (A minor) sharper than (D major) any
Har (E minor) vard professor
That (A minor) had a
(E minor) Ph (D major) .D. (E minor)
All (A minor) odds were (D major) against (E minor) him
that he wouldn't make it
But (A minor) it proved (E minor) everybody wrong
Cause he (A minor) made this (E minor) record (D major) called
(E minor) from
Mr.
Luck, and he (A minor) said bad luck (D major) can't
do me (A minor) no harm. (E minor)
That's why we call (A minor) him
New
Dad, (D major) (E minor) because (A minor) he did everything
that (D major) he said he would (E minor) do.
His (A minor) word was his bond, (D major)
it was al (E minor) ways true.
His (A minor) words stuck (D major) like (A minor) glue. (E minor)
(A minor) His favorite pastime (D major) was
(E minor) watching baseball
On (A minor) his big (D major) screen color
(E minor) TV
(A minor) With a plate of (D major) cornbread
Col (E minor) lard greens and oxtails
And (A minor) some (E minor) black -eyed peas
(A minor) Kicked back on (D major) his couch
In (E minor) his three -piece suit (A minor)
Sunglasses (D major) and a dozen (E minor) hats
And the (A minor) phone rang
(D major) And the (E minor) game wasn't over
He said, -t (A minor) -tell him
I'll call him right back (F sharp major)
That's why we call (A minor) him
DJ (D major) (E minor)
Cause he did everything (A minor) that
he said (D major) that he would do (E minor)
His (A minor) word was his bond, (D major) it was (E minor) always true
His (A minor) words (D major) stuck like (A minor) glue (E minor)
He (A minor) touched people (D major) all over
the world (E minor) with his music
(A minor) Told beginner (D major) s, stick (E minor) to it (A minor)
Lifetime achievements
Hol (C major) ly (A minor) wood
Walk of
Fame
(C major) He (A minor) was always
(C major) Ahead (A minor) of his game
Sometime hungry
(C major) Of (A minor) ten lonely
(C major) An (A minor) d in the back door (C major) s
He sat, (A minor) a colored only
(C major) His (E minor) de termina (Eaug) tion
To (E minor) succeed
Prevailed
They called him
Dude
(A minor) Dad (D major) (E minor)
Cause he did
Everything (A minor) that he said he would do (D major)
(E minor) His (A minor) word was his bond, (D major) al (E minor) ways true
His (A minor) word stuck my glue (F sharp major)
I'll miss you do,
Dad
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