Daddys Drinking Up Our Christmas chords by Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D


Chorus:
D                       G
Daddy's drinking up our Christmas
      D                       A
Gonna be some hard times this year
   D                    G
No tree or stockings or presents
     D          A         D
Just bottles of Christmas cheer

   G                  D
No new Frigidaire for Momma
   G                     A
No toy train for brother Jim
D                       G
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
           D            A         D
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him


Verse 1:
D                                    G
Quit his job last friday, cashed his last paycheck
    D               A
And Ma ain’t seen a cent
    D                        G
The cupboards are empty, the phone’s turned off
D              A                D
Where we gonna come up with the rent

                        G
We ain't seen daddy for two days and nights
        D                         A
Tommy’s pa said he saw him at the track
      D                       G
Daddy lay down that bottle if you hear my prayer
     D         A           D
Here Momma and me want you back


Interlude:
D     G  D  A  D


Verse 2:
      D                              G
Got a call from the sheriff said dad wrecked the family car
       D                               A
They arrested him and threw him in the tank
              D                        G
We’ll get you out Christmas morning if we can raise the bail
      D            A            D
Daddy please don’t take another drink


Chorus:
D                       G
Daddy's drinking up our Christmas
      D               A
Gonna be no happy new year
   D                    G
No tree or stockings or presents
     D          A         D
Just bottles of Christmas cheer

   G                  D
No new Frigidaire for Momma
   G                     A
No toy train for brother Jim
D                       G
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
           D              A       D
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him


Outro:
D                       G
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
           D            A         D
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him