{"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":1740750,"song":"To Daddy","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1740750-to-daddy-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1740750?type=chord","rating":4.88093,"votes":56,"content":"To Daddy-Emmylou Harris (written by Dolly Parton)\r\nCAPO 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMama never seemed[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo miss the finer things of life\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe never wanted to be more\r\n\r\nThan mother and a wife\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe only thing that seemed[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo be important in her life\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas to make our house a home and make us happy[/tab]\r\n\r\nMama never wanted\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAny more that what she had[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe often left her all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe didn't mind the staying home\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd she never missed the flowers\r\n\r\nAnd the cards he never sent her\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeing took for granted[/tab]\r\n\r\nWas a thing that she accepted\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she didn't need those things to make her happy[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd she didn't seem to notice\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nThat he didn't kiss and hold her[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne morning we awoke[/tab]\r\n\r\nJust to find a note\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat mama carefully wrote and left to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as we began to read it[/tab]\r\n\r\nOur ears could not believe it\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe words that she had written there to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said the kids are older now[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey don't need me very much\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I've gone in search for love I need so badly[/tab]\r\n\r\nI have needed you so long\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I just can't keep holding on[/tab]\r\n \r\nShe never meant to come back home\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf she did she never did say so to daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGoodbye to daddy[/tab]","plain_text":"To Daddy-Emmylou Harris (written by Dolly Parton)\nCAPO 2\n\n\n\nTo miss the finer things of life\n\n\nShe never wanted to be more\n\nThan mother and a wife\n\n\n\nTo be important in her life\n\n\nMama never wanted\n\n\n\n\nShe didn't mind the staying home\n\n\nAnd she never missed the flowers\n\nAnd the cards he never sent her\n\n\n\nWas a thing that she accepted\n\n\nAnd she didn't seem to notice\n\n\n\n\nJust to find a note\n\n\n\nOur ears could not believe it\n\n\n\nThey don't need me very much\n\n\nI have needed you so long\n\n \nShe never meant to come back home","chords":["G","G7","D","D7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}