To Daddy-Emmylou Harris (written by Dolly Parton)
CAPO 2
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Mama never seemed
To miss the finer things of life
G7 D
If she did she never did say so to daddy
She never wanted to be more
Than mother and a wife
D7 G
If she did she never did say so to daddy
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The only thing that seemed
To be important in her life
G7 C
Was to make our house a home and make us happy
Mama never wanted
G
Any more that what she had
D D7 G
If she did she never did say so to daddy
G
He often left her all alone
She didn't mind the staying home
G7 D
If she did she never did say so to daddy
And she never missed the flowers
And the cards he never sent her
D7 G
If she did she never did say so to daddy
G
Being took for granted
Was a thing that she accepted
G7 C
And she didn't need those things to make her happy
And she didn't seem to notice
G
That he didn't kiss and hold her
D D7 G
If she did she never did say so to daddy
C
One morning we awoke
Just to find a note
D
That mama carefully wrote and left to daddy
C
And as we began to read it
Our ears could not believe it
D
The words that she had written there to daddy
G
She said the kids are older now
They don't need me very much
G7 C
And I've gone in search of love I need so badly
I have needed you so long
G
But I just can't keep holding on
She never meant to come back home
D D7 C
She did she never did say so to daddy
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Goodbye to daddy
