That's What Daddy's Do chords by Larry Mangum

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Intro 1

One day I'll

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drive away,
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it'll be the last time that
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I see you
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They'll call me up and tell me
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that your heart gave out at last
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And  I won't have a chance to tell you
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what I think about you
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So I thought I ought to try
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and tell you now
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Dad, you've been a dreamer
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Workin' all your life to make it go
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But you've also been a drinker
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You love it more than anyone I know
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All your dreams that didn't come true
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Washed away by the tears and booze
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And the sadness of a life unfulfilled
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But you loved me and you trusted me
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And you sacrificed taking care of me
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I could always come back home
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when I needed help Ž
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You gave me all I ever needed
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to make all my dreams come true
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That's what daddies do,
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that's what daddies do

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Interlude 1

Verse 2

When I finally got the call

I didn't make it home be

fore you left us

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You told me not to worry
You'd be alright till I came
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home at Christmas
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You were brave even through the pain,
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protected me once again,
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and you lived your final years
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as a sober man.
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And you loved me,
and you trusted me,
and you sacrificed taking care of me.
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I could always come back home
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when I needed help.
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You gave me all I ever needed
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to make all my dreams come true
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That's what daddies do,
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that's what daddies do
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Yeah, that's what daddies do,
that's what my daddy did
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