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My Dad Is A Superintendent chords by
Monte Selby
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Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
C

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Am
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G
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C
C

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My dad is a superintendent.
F
F

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C
C

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He's been one since I was a kid.

And every single day that

I was in school,
D
D

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G
G

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he'd watch everything I did.
C
C

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Well, I was mighty honored,

but I wasn't really bad.
F
F

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Dad said, you got no future.
Adim
Adim

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Mom said, you're like your dad.
C
C

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And that made me laugh.
G
G

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Kinda made him mad.
F
F

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G
G

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Kept it in the family.
C
C

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F
F

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You know it sure wasn't easy.
C
C

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G
G

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It probably did me good.

I needed supervision every
C
C

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minute that I stood
F
F

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Daddy did his best
C
C

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and I know he didn't mean it
G
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C
C

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It was just his job as a superintendent
Am
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C
C

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Well, Jenny was cute as a button
F
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C
C

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Smarter than her sister Betty

She liked me and I liked her
Am
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D
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G
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So in eighth grade we went steady
C
C

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She helped me with my homework

till I nearly fell in love
F
F

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Teacher told my daddy
Adim
Adim

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Ebdim
Ebdim

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he said boy you're too young
C
C

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it took a few swats
G
G

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like a lightning from above
F
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but I got the message finally
C
C

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F
F

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you know it sure wasn't easy
C
C

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it probably didn't be good
G
G

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but I hated supervision every
C
C

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minute that I stood
F
F

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daddy did his best
C
C

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though it wasn't his business
G
G

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it was my bad luck he's
C
C

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a superintendent

Oh, I'm older now and wiser,
F
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C
C

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and a president I might note.
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And no, it's only at the local level
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D
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I was elected by the popular vote.
C
C

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My daddy's still the super,

though it's not with much elation,
F
F

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cause I'm the president of
Adim
Adim

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the board of education.
Ebdim
Ebdim

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Adim
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Ebdim
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C
C

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Daddy just
G
G

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thinks it's a bad hallucination
F
F

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G

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to keep it in the family.
C
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F
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You know it sure wasn't easy,
C
C

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but now he treats me good
G
G

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And he listens much better
C
C

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than I thought he ever would
F
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Daddy does his best
C
C

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and I make it my business
G
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C
C

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He needs his job as the superintendent
F
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Oh yeah, it feels a little
C
C

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bit like emancipation
G
G

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I'm the president of the
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G
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Board of Education

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • Am

  • G

  • F

  • D

  • Adim

  • Ebdim

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of My Dad Is A Superintendent by Monte Selby is C major.

The primary chords used in My Dad Is A Superintendent are C, Am, G, F, D, Adim.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Am, G, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of My Dad Is A Superintendent is approximately 83 beats per minute.

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