Don't Cry Daddy

Elvis Presley

  • A*
    5
  • A7*
    5
  • B*
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  • C*
    5
  • C/D*
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  • D*
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  • E*
    5
  • Em*
    5
  • F#*
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  • F#m*
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  • F/D*
    5
    10
  • G*
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  • G/D*
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Key: (chord shapes in the key of C)
Don't Cry Daddy

Standard tuning

       Intro:

       Guitar 1 (Capo 5):
    
e||--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
    

B||--------2-----2-----2-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|
    

G||--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|
    

D||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
    

A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
    

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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     | Guitar 2:                    
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 |   D                          F/D
e||--------------2-----------|--------1-----1-----1-----|
                     |

    

B||--------3-----------3-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|
    

G||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
    

D||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
    

A||--------------------------|--------------------------|


E||--------------------------|--------------------------|

    
e||--------5-----------------|--------------0-----------|
    

B||--------7-----7-----------|--------2-----2-----2-----|
    

G||--------------7-----7-----|--------2-----------2-----|
    

D||-----7-----7-----7-----7--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
    

A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
    

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
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 |   G/D                        D  
e||--------3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----2-----|
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B||--------3-----3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----3-----|
    

G||-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
    

D||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
    

A||--------------------------|--------------------------|


E||--------------------------|--------------------------|


    e||--------------------------||

    B||--------0-----3-----0-----||

    G||--------0-----4-----0-----||

    D||-----0-----0-----0-----0--||

    A||--0-----------------------||

    E||--------------------------||
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    e||--------0-----0-----0-----||

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    B||--------1-----1-----1-----||

    G||-----0-----0-----0-----0--||

    D||--0-----------------------||

    A||--------------------------||

    E||--------------------------||

     (Play these chords like the 
intro riff of guitar 2)

      D
    Today I stumbled from my bed

         F#
    With thunder crashing in my head

       G
    My pillow still wet

                    D      C/D
    From last night tears

        D
    And as I think of giving up

      F#
    A voice inside my coffee-cup

         G
    Kept crying out

                      C        A
    And ringing in my ears



              D
    Don't cry daddy

                        Em      A
    Daddy, please don't cry

           G                       
    Daddy, you've still got me and 

A
little Tommy

      D                   G
    Together we'll find a brand new 
mommy

    D
    Daddy, daddy, please laugh again

    A7
    Daddy ride us on your back again

        G   F#m  Em  A7          
    Oh, dad------dy, please don't 

 D
cry


    Play Intro riff.....



    D
    Why are children always first

       F#
    To feel the pain and hurt the 
worst

         G
    It's true, but somehow

                       D        C/D
    It just don't seem right

           D
    'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know

       F#
    It hurts my little children so

      G                         
    I wonder will it be the same 

   C       A
tonight



              D
    Don't cry daddy

                        Em      A
    Daddy, please don't cry

           G                       
    Daddy, you've still got me and 

A
little Tommy

      D                   G
    Together we'll find a brand new 
mommy

    D
    Daddy, daddy, please laugh again

    A7
    Daddy ride us on your back again

        G   F#m  Em  A7          
    Oh, dad------dy, please don't

 D      F/D
 cry

        G   F#m  Em  A7          
    Oh, dad------dy, please don't 

 D
cry


       Ending:

       Guitar 1 (Capo 5):
    
e||--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|--0-------------|
    

B||--------2-----2-----2-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--2-------------|
    

G||--------2-----------2-----|--------0-----------0-----|--2-------------|
    

D||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--2-------------|
    

A||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|--0-------------|
    

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
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     | Guitar 2:                    
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 |   D                          F/D
e||--------2-----2-----2-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--2-------------|
                     |

    

B||--------3-----3-----3-----|--------1-----1-----1-----|--3-------------|
    

G||-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--2-------------|
    

D||--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|--0-------------|
    

A||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
    

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
Song details

Composition: Mac Davis

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