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Daddy Raised a Boy
Standard Tuning
Intro:
A, E, A, F#m, D, E, A  
AMy old man could be your dEad's old mAan
F#mHe lied aDbout his age to fEight jaApan
Wasn't long before he cEame back hAome
F#mHe had some hDelp from the aEtom boAmb
Back in Allentown where my dad worked
They drank a cold one 'fore they changed their shirts
And every drunken word was his command
The standing order was to understand
F#mAnd he don't care about noDthing else
AOnly what he's got to tEell himAself
AEverybody does the bEest they cAan
But F#mmy daddy raDised a boy and nEot a mAan
I was young and hungry when I left home
Hungry just for something to be hungry for
I had to prove that I could make my way
No matter who it hurt or price I paid
I didn't care about nothing else
Only what I had to tell myself
As looking back I start to understand
My daddy raised a boy and not a man
And then I woke up and I
Realized one day
I ain't got nothing
Cause that's what I gave
Now when I look into my father's eyes
We both see someone we can recognize
He sees a young man who has lost his way
I look at him, I swear I see the same
I don't care about nothing else
Only what I've got to tell myself
Everybody does the best they can
My daddy raised a boy and not a man

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Daddy Raised A Boy

by Scott Miller

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Daddy Raised a Boy

Standard Tuning

Intro:

A E A F#m D E A

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A E A

My old man could be your dad's old man

F#m D E A

He lied about his age to fight japan

E A

Wasn't long before he came back home

F#m D E A

He had some help from the atom bomb

Back in Allentown where my dad worked

They drank a cold one 'fore they changed their shirts

And every drunken word was his command

The standing order was to understand

F#m D

And he don't care about nothing else

A E A

Only what he's got to tell himself

A E A

Everybody does the best they can

F#m D E A

But my daddy raised a boy and not a man

I was young and hungry when I left home

Hungry just for something to be hungry for

I had to prove that I could make my way

No matter who it hurt or price I paid

I didn't care about nothing else

Only what I had to tell myself

As looking back I start to understand

My daddy raised a boy and not a man

And then I woke up and I

Realized one day

I ain't got nothing

Cause that's what I gave

Now when I look into my father's eyes

We both see someone we can recognize

He sees a young man who has lost his way

I look at him, I swear I see the same

I don't care about nothing else

Only what I've got to tell myself

Everybody does the best they can

My daddy raised a boy and not a man

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