Don't Cry Daddy

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

words and music by Scott Davis

verse 1
 5 5  5   5  5   -5   5  -4
Today I stumbled from my bed
 4    5  5    5   5   -5 5  -4
with thunder crashing in my head
-4 -4  4    4    4
my pillow still wet
 4    4    -4    4   3
from last nights te-ars.
 4  4  4   4   4  -4  4  4
And as I think of giving up
-3   4    4  4  4  -4  4   4
a voice inside my coffee cup
 4    4  -3  3
kept crying out
 3   3   3  -3 4  -4
and ringing in my ears;

chorus
 -5   5  4 -4 5
Don't Cr-y Daddy.
 5  5   -5    6    -5
Daddy please don't cry.
 4 -4   5     5     5  5   5  -5  5   4 -4
Daddy you've still got me and little Tommy,
-4 4 -4   -4   -4  -4   5   -4  4 -3
together we'll find a brand new Mommy.
 4  4  -4 -4   5     5   -5 -5
Daddy, daddy please laugh again.
 4  4  -4  -4  5  5    5  -5 -5
Daddy ride us on your back again.
5 -5  5 -4    4     -3    4
Oh da-ad-dy please don't cry.

verse 2

Why are children always first
to feel the pain and hurt the worst
it's true but somehow
it just don't seem right.
Cause ev'ry time I cry I know
it hurts my little children so
I wonder, will it be the same tonight.

repeat chorus
last line
5 -5  5  -4    4     -3    4
Oh da-ad-dy, please don't cry.

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