Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
C majorC DmDm
The love between the two of us was dying
C majorC DmDm
And it got so bad I knew I had to leave
C majorC FF D7D7
But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw
C majorC DmDm G7G7 C majorC
My little daughter running after me
DmDm G7G7 C majorC
Cry-ing daddy don't you walk so fast
FF
Daddy don't you walk so fast
C majorC E7E7 A minorAm D7D7
Daddy slow down some cause you're makin' me run
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Daddy don't you walk so fast
Verse:
DmDm
Now it broke my heart to tell my little daughter
C majorC DmDm
That her daddy had to run to catch a train
C majorC FF D7D7
She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good
C majorC DmDm G7G7 C majorC
I turned around and there she was again
G7G7 C majorC
And she said daddy don't you walk so fast
FF
My darling cried daddy don't you walk so fast
C majorC E7E7 A minorAm D7D7
Daddy slow down some cause you're makin' me run
C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Daddy don't you walk so fast
DmDm
If only for the sake of my sweet daughter
C majorC DmDm
I just had to turn back home right there and then
C majorC FF D7D7
And try to start a new life with the mother of my child
C majorC FF G7G7 C majorC
I couldn't bear to hear those words again
FF G7G7
She cried and said
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