Daddy Played The Banjo chords by Steve Martin

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 9th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Verse 1:
C majorC                   Fmaj7sus2
Daddy played the banjo, 'neath the yellow tree,
C majorC                     G5/D
It rang across the backyard, an old time melody,
C majorC                   Fmaj7sus2
I loved to hear the music, I was only five,
C majorC                   G5/D    C majorC
I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive.

Verse 2:

C majorC                         Fmaj7sus2
Sometimes I'd wake up at night, and hear a distant tune,
C majorC                    G5/D
The banjo would echo, 'round my childhood room,
C majorC                      Fmaj7sus2
I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy never knew.
C majorC                    G5/D   C majorC
I'd grab a broom and make believe, I was pickin', too.

Bridge:

G+G              C majorC
One day Daddy put my fingers down upon the strings,
G+G                 C majorC         G+G
He picked it with his other hand, we made the banjo ring;
C majorC                       FM7sus2
Now the music takes me back, across the yellow days,
C majorC                 G5/D     C majorC
To the summers with my Dad, and the tunes he played.

Verse 3:

C majorC                     Fmaj7sus2
But I'm just tellin' lies'bout the things I did,
C majorC                     G5/D
See, I'm that banjo player who never had a kid,
C majorC               Fmaj7sus2
Now, I sit, beneath that yellow tree,
C majorC               G5/D     C majorC
Hopin' that a kid somewhere, is listening to me.

Verse 4:

C majorC                     Fmaj7sus2
Daddy played the banjo, 'neath the yellow tree,
C majorC                     G5/D
It rang across the backyard and wove a spell on me,
C majorC                     Fmaj7sus2
Now the banjo takes me back, through the foggy haze,
C majorC                     G5/D    C majorC
Where memories of what never was, become the good old days.