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[Intro]
e|---------|-A----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------|-0---0---2p0-----|-2h4-------------|-0---0---2p0-----|-0---------------|
E|-0---2---|-------------2p0-|---------0---2---|-------------2p0-|---------0---2---|
                             E         A                 (into verse)
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---0---2p0-----|-2h4-----2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|
E|-------------2p0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
I wasn't Amuch more than a baby, I thought he was a bear,
The way my Daddy carried me aEround.
They Esaid I learned to walk while holding on to just one finger,
On the hand of a man that's standin' six foot Athree.
Not Aold enough to understand the meaning of depression.
Just somethin' people talked about a Elot.
My EDaddy wasn't one to try to make no big impression,
Just one heck of a man that worked for what he'd Agot.
[Chorus]
They don't Dmake men like my Daddy anymore.
Guess they've Athrown away the pattern through the years.
In a Dgreat big land of freedom, at a Atime we really need 'Dem:
They don't Amake 'em like my EDaddy anyAmore.
[Interlude]
(Repeat tab)
|    A|    A|    A|    A|
|    A|  A   E|    A| A  
[Verse 2]
From the AJohnson County Coal Camps to the hills of West Virginia,
My Daddy worked down in them dark cold Emines.
EduEcation didn't count so much as what you had born'd in ya
Like the will to live an' a dream of better Atimes.
Daddy Anever took a hand out; we ate pinto beans and bacon,
But he worked to keep the wolf back from the Edoor.
And it Eonly proved one thing to me, when folks start bellyaching:
They don't make 'em like my Daddy anyAmore.
[Chorus]
They don't Dmake men like my Daddy anymore.
Guess they've Athrown away the pattern through the years.
In a Dgreat big land of freedom, at a Atime we really need D'em:
They don't Amake 'em like my EDaddy anyAmore.
They don't Amake 'em like my EDaddy anyAmore.A  E  A  

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They Dont Make Em Like My Daddy Anymore

by Loretta Lynn

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[Intro]

e|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|---------|-0---0---2p0-----|-2h4-------------|-0---0---2p0-----|-0---------------|

E|-0---2---|-------------2p0-|---------0---2---|-------------2p0-|---------0---2---|

E A (into verse)

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-0---0---2p0-----|-2h4-----2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|

E|-------------2p0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

[Verse 1]

I wasn't much more than a baby, I thought he was a bear,

The way my Daddy carried me around.

They said I learned to walk while holding on to just one finger,

On the hand of a man that's standin' six foot three.

Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression.

Just somethin' people talked about a lot.

My Daddy wasn't one to try to make no big impression,

Just one heck of a man that worked for what he'd got.

[Chorus]

They don't make men like my Daddy anymore.

Guess they've thrown away the pattern through the years.

D A D

In a great big land of freedom, at a time we really need 'em:

A E A

They don't make 'em like my Daddy anymore.

[Interlude]

(Repeat tab)

A A A A

| | | | |

A A E A A

| | | |

[Verse 2]

From the Johnson County Coal Camps to the hills of West Virginia,

My Daddy worked down in them dark cold mines.

Education didn't count so much as what you had born'd in ya

Like the will to live an' a dream of better times.

Daddy never took a hand out; we ate pinto beans and bacon,

But he worked to keep the wolf back from the door.

And it only proved one thing to me, when folks start bellyaching:

They don't make 'em like my Daddy anymore.

[Chorus]

They don't make men like my Daddy anymore.

Guess they've thrown away the pattern through the years.

D A D

In a great big land of freedom, at a time we really need 'em:

A E A

They don't make 'em like my Daddy anymore.

A E A A E A

They don't make 'em like my Daddy anymore.

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