Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
E MajorE
Well, daddy was a badass, oil field white trash
Never took nobody’s lip
He was a honky tonk dancer, even beat cancer
Forty years smoking just quit
He had Korean pin-up black-ink tattooed
forearms from the war
He won a purple heart medal, never heard him peddle
A augmentedA
the killing he did with the corps
B7B7
So they shipped him home, his mind all blown
and nightmares about his past
E MajorE
Well it’s a damn good thing Momma met daddy..
G+G E MajorE
Cause daddy was a badass
Verse 2:
E MajorE
He met Momma on the dancefloor in deep east Texas
She was the belle of the ball
He had an oil baron’s son giving him a run
For her hand in marriage to call
So they took the rich kid to the back of the bar
And threatened him with his life
He said hey little girl your date had to leave
A augmentedA
Now you’re gonna be my wife
B7B7
I guess his country charm turned her on
Cause 50 years has passed
E MajorE
He got the one and only girl in the whole wide world
G+G E MajorE
Cause daddy was a badass
Verse 3:
E MajorE
Well Daddy made it out of the drilling rig patch
And gambling paid for his school
The university of Texas sure got reckless
Living on 8 ball pool
He held back room all night poker games
A augmentedA pistol by a rotary phone
He was a hot tip handycapper on football
A augmentedA
Never took a student loan
B7B7
So he passed with honours by selling numbers
To everybody in his class
E MajorE
And he drove back home to old East Texas
G+G
Well you know what he was
Solo:
E MajorE 
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA 
A minorAm A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
Verse 4:
E MajorE
So they had us kids and he built us a house
and he started his company
He made drilling bits for the oil rigs
and made a truck load of money
Hired all of my uncles and the good ol boys
from back in his roughneck days
Till his shop burned down, he lost everything he had
A augmentedA
and they went their separate ways
B7B7
Well he flew to Vegas, borrowed 5 Grand
and put it on red and black
E MajorE
He made 200 G’s… He got the business back y’all
Verse 5:
E MajorE
Daddy retired, sold the business
the kids have grown and gone
He said woman i can't just sit around here
you know i gotta keep bringing it on
A augmentedA
Climbed on his 1963 Panhead Harley Davidson
E MajorE
And rode it wide open to the end of the world,
A augmentedA
off a cliff and into the sun
B7B7
Well at his funeral, Momma was crying,
Saying That’s the way he should’ve passed,
E MajorE
In a blaze of glory, just done with the world, man
G+G E MajorE
Cause daddy was a badass
G+G E MajorE
Cause daddy was a badass
G+G E MajorE
Cause daddy was a badass
