Key: C Intro: C F C F Verse 1: C F He didn’t have to buy that… Christmas Eve 243… when money was tight C F He didn’t have to trail that… 8-point buck… all night with a Maglite G F He didn’t have to make every ball game… every hit and every miss G F He didn’t have to go upstairs… say my prayers… and tuck me in… but Daddy Did
Chorus 1: C F I was 10 foot tall… shotgun ridin’… taggin’ along… with my red rider C Dreamin’ ‘bout drivin’ that… three on the tree F Glad I didn’t pass up… what he passed down to me C That front porch hand me down pocket knife wisdom… F Hold your mouth right whenever you’re fishin’… Am G F F* C F I didn’t realize he was teaching me all about life… when I was a kid… but Daddy Did Verse 2: C F Didn’t know he knew… what I was up to… when I’d sneak in at 3am C F He knew good and well… the hard way’s… the only way… to get through to a hard head G F When I made mistakes he didn’t have to hate… makin’ me go cut a switch G F I didn’t believe it was gonna hurt him more than me… not one bit… but Daddy Did Chorus 2: C F I was 10 foot tall… shotgun ridin’… taggin’ along… with my red rider C Dreamin’ ‘bout drivin’ that… three on the tree F Glad I didn’t pass up… what he passed down to me C That front porch hand me down pocket knife wisdom… F Hold your mouth right whenever you’re fishin’… Am G F F C I didn’t realize he was teaching me all about life… when I was a kid… but Daddy Did Instrumental: (C) F C F Bridge: G F F* Now it’s my time to take the wheel… I got some big ole shoes to fill Chorus 3: C* F* 10 foot tall… shotgun ridin’… taggin’ along… with my red rider C Now my little girl’s learning to drive that Ford… F Daddy taught me in… now I’m paying it forward C That front porch hand me down pocket knife wisdom… F Hold your mouth right whenever you’re fishin’… Am G F F I didn’t realize he was teaching me all about life… when I was a kid… Outro: Am G F* C I didn’t realize he was teaching me all about life… but Daddy Did (C) F C F Yeah Daddy Did
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