Dont Cry Daddy Chords & Tabs
Don't Cry Daddy
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Standard tuning
Intro:
Guitar 1 (Capo 5):
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D||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Guitar 2: |
| D F/D |
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B||--------3-----------3-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|
G||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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e||--------5-----------------|--------------0-----------|
B||--------7-----7-----------|--------2-----2-----2-----|
G||--------------7-----7-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D||-----7-----7-----7-----7--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| G/D D |
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B||--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----3-----|
G||-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
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A||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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D||-----0-----0-----0-----0--||
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| C/D |
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elvis_presley/dont_cry_daddy_tab.html ]
(Play these chords like the intro riff of guitar 2)
D
Today I stumbled from my bed
F#
With thunder crashing in my head
G
My pillow still wet
D C/D
From last night tears
D
And as I think of giving up
F#
A voice inside my coffee-cup
G
Kept crying out
C A
And ringing in my ears
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
D
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
A7
Daddy ride us on your back again
G F#m Em A7 D
Oh, dad------dy, please don't cry
Play Intro riff.....
D
Why are children always first
F#
To feel the pain and hurt the worst
G
It's true, 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 C A
I wonder will it be the same tonight
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
D
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
A7
Daddy ride us on your back again
G F#m Em A7 D F/D
Oh, dad------dy, please don't cry
G F#m Em A7 D
Oh, dad------dy, please don't cry
Ending:
Guitar 1 (Capo 5):
e||--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|--0-------------|
B||--------2-----2-----2-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--2-------------|
G||--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|--2-------------|
D||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--2-------------|
A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|--0-------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
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| Guitar 2: |
| D F/D |
e||--------2-----2-----2-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--2-------------|
B||--------3-----3-----3-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--3-------------|
G||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--2-------------|
D||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|--0-------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|