To Daddy chords by Emmylou Harris

SimplifiedG · F# · D · C · B

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Verse 1
G 
F# 
 (G major) Mama nev (F sharp major) er seemed to miss
the finer things of life
D 
If she did, she never did say so to  (D major) daddy
She never wanted to be more
than a mother and a wife
F# 
If she did, she never did say so to  (F sharp major) daddy
The only thing that seemed
to be important in her life
G 
 (G major) Was to make our house a home
C 
and make us  (C major) happy
F# 
Mama never wanted  (F sharp major) any
more than what she had
D 
 (D major) If she did, she never did
F# 
G 
say so to  (F sharp major) daddy  (G major) 

Verse 2
G 
F# 
He  (G major) often left her all  (F sharp major) alone,
G 
but she didn't  (G major) mind the staying home
F# 
If she  (F sharp major) did, she never did
D 
say so to  (D major) daddy
And she never missed the flowers
and the cards he never sent her
If she did, she never did say
F# 
G 
F# 
so to  (F sharp major) daddy  (G major)  (F sharp major) 
Being took for granted was a
G 
F# 
 (G major) thing that  (F sharp major) she accepted
G 
F# 
 (G major) And she didn't need  (F sharp major) those
G 
C 
things to  (G major) make her happy  (C major) 
B 
And she didn't seem to notice  (B major) that
F# 
 (F sharp major) he  didn't kiss and hold her
D 
G 
If she  (D major) did, she never did say so to  (G major) daddy

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Verse 3

One morning we awoke

Just to find a note

That mama carefully wrote

and left to daddy

And as we began to read it

Our ears could not believe it

The words that she had

written there to daddy

Verse 4
G 
She  (G major) said the kids are older now
F# 
They don't need me very  (F sharp major) much
G 
 (G major) And I've gone in search
C 
for love I need so  (C major) badly
G 
I have needed you so long but  (G major) I
just can't keep holding on
F# 
She never meant to come  (F sharp major) back home
D 
If she  (D major) did, she never did say
B 
C 
so to  (B major) daddy  (C major) 
F# 
Goodbye to  (F sharp major) daddy