{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2362593,"song":"Daddy Was A Badass","artist":"Jesse Dayton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488675-daddy-was-a-badass-chords-by-jesse-dayton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2362593?type=chord","rating":4.59767,"votes":10,"content":"Pretty straight-forward song, couldn't find any of Jesse Dayton's stuff on here or anywhere else.\r\nThe whole song is mostly on E, and it sounds fine to just play it on E, but while playing live he switches\r\nbetween E and either Em, G7 or G6. I've seen him do all of these options in different videos. Listen to the\r\nsong to figure out the rhythm.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, daddy was a badass, oil field white trash[/tab]\r\n\r\nNever took nobody’s lip\r\n\r\nHe was a honky tonk dancer, even beat cancer\r\n\r\nForty years smoking just quit\r\n\r\nHe had Korean pin-up black-ink tattooed\r\n\r\nforearms from the war\r\n\r\nHe won a purple heart medal, never heard him peddle\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe killing he did with the corps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo they shipped him home, his mind all blown[/tab]\r\n\r\nand nightmares about his past\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell it’s a damn good thing Momma met daddy..[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause daddy was a badass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe met Momma on the dancefloor in deep east Texas[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe was the belle of the ball\r\n\r\nHe had an oil baron’s son giving him a run\r\n\r\nFor her hand in marriage to call\r\n\r\nSo they took the rich kid to the back of the bar\r\n\r\nAnd threatened him with his life\r\n\r\nHe said hey little girl your date had to leave\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow you’re gonna be my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI guess his country charm turned her on[/tab]\r\n\r\nCause 50 years has passed\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe got the one and only girl in the whole wide world[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause daddy was a badass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell Daddy made it out of the drilling rig patch[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd gambling paid for his school\r\n\r\nThe university of Texas sure got reckless\r\n\r\nLiving on 8 ball pool\r\n\r\nHe held back room all night poker games\r\n\r\nA pistol by a rotary phone\r\n\r\nHe was a hot tip handycapper on football\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNever took a student loan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo he passed with honours by selling numbers[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo everybody in his class\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he drove back home to old East Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell you know what he was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo they had us kids and he built us a house[/tab]\r\n\r\nand he started his company\r\n\r\nHe made drilling bits for the oil rigs\r\n\r\nand made a truck load of money\r\n\r\nHired all of my uncles and the good ol boys\r\n\r\nfrom back in his roughneck days\r\n\r\nTill his shop burned down, he lost everything he had\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand they went their separate ways[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell he flew to Vegas, borrowed 5 Grand[/tab]\r\n\r\nand put it on red and black\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe made 200 G’s… He got the business back y’all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nDaddy retired, sold the business[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe kids have grown and gone\r\n\r\nHe said woman i can't just sit around here\r\n\r\nyou know i gotta keep bringing it on\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nClimbed on his 1963 Panhead Harley Davidson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd rode it wide open to the end of the world,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\noff a cliff and into the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWell at his funeral, Momma was crying,[/tab]\r\n\r\nSaying That’s the way he should’ve passed,\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a blaze of glory, just done with the world, man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause daddy was a badass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause daddy was a badass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause daddy was a badass[/tab]","plain_text":"Pretty straight-forward song, couldn't find any of Jesse Dayton's stuff on here or anywhere else.\nThe whole song is mostly on E, and it sounds fine to just play it on E, but while playing live he switches\nbetween E and either Em, G7 or G6. I've seen him do all of these options in different videos. Listen to the\nsong to figure out the rhythm.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nNever took nobody’s lip\n\nHe was a honky tonk dancer, even beat cancer\n\nForty years smoking just quit\n\nHe had Korean pin-up black-ink tattooed\n\nforearms from the war\n\nHe won a purple heart medal, never heard him peddle\n\n\n\nand nightmares about his past\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nShe was the belle of the ball\n\nHe had an oil baron’s son giving him a run\n\nFor her hand in marriage to call\n\nSo they took the rich kid to the back of the bar\n\nAnd threatened him with his life\n\nHe said hey little girl your date had to leave\n\n\n\nCause 50 years has passed\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nAnd gambling paid for his school\n\nThe university of Texas sure got reckless\n\nLiving on 8 ball pool\n\nHe held back room all night poker games\n\nA pistol by a rotary phone\n\nHe was a hot tip handycapper on football\n\n\n\nTo everybody in his class\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nE Em G A Am A B7 E\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\nand he started his company\n\nHe made drilling bits for the oil rigs\n\nand made a truck load of money\n\nHired all of my uncles and the good ol boys\n\nfrom back in his roughneck days\n\nTill his shop burned down, he lost everything he had\n\n\n\nand put it on red and black\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\nthe kids have grown and gone\n\nHe said woman i can't just sit around here\n\nyou know i gotta keep bringing it on\n\n\n\n\n\nSaying That’s the way he should’ve passed,","chords":["E","Em","G7","G6","A","B7","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}