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Daddys Tune

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A Cdirty wind blows Fthrough the sky
And the CAutumn leaves cut loose and Ffly
Leave me Cwatching
And Fwishing I could followC  E7  
Though aAmmong the regrets that I Emcan't get by
There Amare just one or C7two
FUnkind Gthings I said to CyouE7  
AmDaddy what C/Gwas I supposed to Fdo?
AmI don't know E/G#why it was so harC/Gd to talk to D/F#you
FI guess my anger pulled me Gthrough
No Csooner had I Fhit the streets
When I Cmet the fools that a Fyoung fool meets
CAll in search of Ftruth and bound for CgloryE7  
And Amlistening to our Emown heart beats
We Amstood around the C7drum
Though it's Ffainter now
The Golder I beCcomeE7  
AmLiving your C/Glife day after Fday
AmSoon all your E/G#plans and changes
Either C/Gfail or fade aD/F#way
FLeaving so much still left to Gsay
But FDaddy I want to lC/Eet you know somehFow
The G#things you said are Amso much clearer nC7ow
And FI would turn the F#dimpages back
But C/Gtime will E/G#not allAmow
The Dway these days just rip along
Too Gfast to last, too vast, too strong
    F     CSomeBbwhere someGthing went wAmrong
Or Fmaybe we forgot the Csong
Make Bbroom for my Amforty-Gfives
AlFong beCside your sE7eventy-Ameights
NotE/G#hing survC/Gives
C/GBut the way we live our lives
|         F|         C|   Bb      G|        Am|
|         F|         C|   Bb     Am|    G      F|
|    C     E7|   Am   E/G#|       C/G|       C/G|
|       C/G|       C/G|       C/G|C/       G|
|       C/G|       C/G| 
||:       C|         F|         C|        F:|| rep & fade

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Daddys Tune

by Jackson Browne

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C/G

E/G#

D/F#

C/E

F#dim

C F

A dirty wind blows through the sky

C F

And the Autumn leaves cut loose and fly

Leave me watching

F C E7

And wishing I could follow

Am Em

Though among the regrets that I can't get by

Am C7

There are just one or two

F G C E7

Unkind things I said to you

Am C/G F

Daddy what was I supposed to do?

Am E/G# C/G D/F#

I don't know why it was so hard to talk to you

F G

I guess my anger pulled me through

C F

No sooner had I hit the streets

C F

When I met the fools that a young fool meets

C F C E7

All in search of truth and bound for glory

Am Em

And listening to our own heart beats

Am C7

We stood around the drum

Though it's fainter now

G C E7

The older I become

Am C/G F

Living your life day after day

Am E/G#

Soon all your plans and changes

C/G D/F#

Either fail or fade away

F G

Leaving so much still left to say

F C/E F

But Daddy I want to let you know somehow

G# Am C7

The things you said are so much clearer now

F F#dim

And I would turn the pages back

C/G E/G# Am

But time will not allow

The way these days just rip along

Too fast to last, too vast, too strong

F C Bb G Am

Somewhere something went wrong

F C

Or maybe we forgot the song

Bb Am G

Make room for my forty-fives

F C E7 Am

Along beside your seventy-eights

E/G# C/G

Nothing survives

C/G

But the way we live our lives

F C Bb G Am

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F C Bb Am G F

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C E7 Am E/G# C/G C/G

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C/G C/G C/G C G

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C/G C/G

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C F C F

||: | | | :|| rep & fade

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