C   F                           C
Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me

F                            C                 G7
Why does my daddy cry when I ask where can you be

C                       F                C
Why don’t you come home then we won’t be alone

    F              C            G7        C
Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me


                            F                   C
Each night he’s so lonesome cause he don’t understand

           F         C                       G7
That you’d rather be dancing to a honky tonk band

  C                                   F              C
I don’t know what to tell him when he climbs upon my knee

            F              C            G7        C
And ask why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me


    F                           C
Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me

F                            C                 G7
Why does my daddy cry when I ask where can you be

C                       F                C
Why don’t you come home then we won’t be alone

    F              C            G7        C
Why don't my mommy stay with my daddy and me