John Denver - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
From the albums: Farewell Andromeda (1973), Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975)
and The Classic Christmas Album (2012)
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C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G G7
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G7 C
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
G G7 C
Just last year when I was only seven
G G7 C
And now, I'm almost eight as you can see
C C7 F D7
You came home at a quarter past eleven
C G7 C
And fell down underneath our Christmas tree
C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G G7
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G7 C
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
G G7 C
Mamma smiled, and looked outside the window
G G7 C
She told me, "Son, you better go upstairs"
C C7 F D7
But then you laughed and hollered, "Merry Christmas"
C G7 C
I turned around and saw my Mamma's tears
C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G G7
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
C C/G F
Please Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas
C G7 C C7
I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
G G7 F C
No, I don't wanna see my Mamma cry
