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Dont Cry Daddy

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                         Don’t Cry Daddy – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Scott (Mac) Davis
Originally released as a single (1969).
Now on: “2nd to None” and other Greatest Hits compilations.
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-E
D    x-x-0-2-3-2 or (especially in Intro and Interlude) x-x-0-7-7-5
F/D  x-x-0-5-6-5
G/D  x-x-0-7-8-7
C/D  x-x-0-0-1-0 or (especially in Intro and Interlude) x-x-0-5-5-3
G/A  x-0-5-4-3-3
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[Intro]
  D  F/DG/DD  C/D
|  |  |  |  |  |
[Verse 1]
  D
Today I stumbled from my bed
     F#
With thunder crashing in my head
       G
And my pillow still wet
                    D  C/D
                  |  |  |
From last night's tears
    D
And as I think of giving up
  F#
A voice inside my coffee-cup
     G
Kept crying out
                C  A
              |  |  |
Ringing in my ears
[Chorus]
          D
Don't cry daddy
                      Em A
                    |  |  |
Daddy, please don't cry
       G                       A
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
  D                   G
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
   G
   Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
[break]
   A
   Daddy ride us on your back again
[break]
    G F#mEm G/A        D
                    [  ]
Oh, da-a-a-addy, please don't cry
[Interlude]
  D  F/DG/DD  C/DD  C/D
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
[Verse 2]
D
Why are children always first
   F#
To feel the pain and hurt the worst
     G
It's cruel but somehow
                   D  C/D
                 |  |  |
It just don't seem right
       D
'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know
   F#
It hurts my little children so
      G
And I wonder 
                      C  A
                    |  |  |
Will it be the same tonight
[Chorus]
          D
Don't cry daddy
                    Em A
                  |  |  |
Daddy, please don't cry
       G                       A
Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy
  D                   G
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
   G
   Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
[break]
   A
   Daddy ride us on your back again
[break]
    G F#mEm G/A        D    C/D
                   |    |    |
Oh, da-a-a-addy, please don't cry
    G F#mEm      G/A        D
                         [  ]
Oh, da-a-a-addy, ...  please don't cry
         [break]    [break]
           [ritardando]
[Coda]
  D  C/DD  D
|  |  |  | 

Dont Cry Daddy chords and lyrics

Free chords for Dont Cry Daddy by Elvis Presley. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

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                         Don’t Cry Daddy – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: Scott (Mac) Davis
Originally released as a single (1969).
Now on: “2nd to None” and other Greatest Hits compilations.
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Intro]
| D | F/D | G/D | D | C/D |
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[break]
[break]
[Interlude]
| D | F/D | G/D | D | C/D | D | C/D |
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[break]
[break]
         [break]    [break]
           [ritardando]
[Coda]
| D | C/D | D | D

Dont Cry Daddy Chords by Elvis Presley

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