Mockingbird

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     Yeah
                Em           
I know sometimes things may not 
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always make sense to you right now
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       Em                          
But hey, what daddy always tell 
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you?
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Straighten up little soldier, 
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stiffen up that upper lip
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What you crying about? You got me

           Em                      
Hailie I know you miss your mom and
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 I know you miss your dad
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Well I'm gone but I'm trying to 
           Em/B
give you the life that I never had
       Em                          
I can see you're sad, even when you
   C/G
 smile, even when you laugh
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I can see it in your eyes, deep 
inside you want to cry
 Em                                
Cause you're scared, I ain't there?
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 Daddy's with you in your prayers
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No more crying, wipe them tears, 
  Em/B
daddy's here, no more nightmares
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We gon' pull together through it, 
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we gon' do it'
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Laney uncles crazy, ain't he? Yeah 
        Em/B
but he loves you girl and you better
 know it
 Em                              
We're all we got in this world when 
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it spins, when it swirls
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When it whirls, when it twirls, two 
little beautiful girls
 Em                             
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know 
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it's confusing you
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Daddy's always on the move, mama's 
always on the news
    Em                             
I try to keep you sheltered from it
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 but somehow it seems
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The harder that I try to do that, 
      Em/B
the more it backfires on me
          Em                       
All the things growing up his daddy
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 that he had to see
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Daddy don't want you to see but you
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 see just as much as he did
        Em                         
We did not plan it to be this way, 
      C/G
your mother and me
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But things have gotten so bad 
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between us I don't see us ever 
         Em
being together ever again
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Like we used to be when we were 
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teenagers
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But then of course everything 
                    Em             
always happens for a reason, I 
           C/G
guess it was never meant to be
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But it's just something we have no 
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control over and that's what destiny
 is
Em                               
 But no more worries, rest your head
C/G
 and go to sleep
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Maybe one day we'll wake up and 
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this will all just be a dream

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     Em                C/G
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
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Everything's gonna be alright
                       Em       
Stiffen that upper lip up little 
          C/G
lady, I told ya
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Daddy's here to hold ya through the
  Em/B
 night
                    Em           
I know mommy's not here right now 
         C/G
and we don't know why
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We fear how we feel inside
                       Em          
It may seem a little crazy, pretty 
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baby
               D/A           
But I promise momma's gon' be 
    Em/B
alright

It's funny
Em                             
I remember back one year when daddy 
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had no money
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Mommy wrapped the Christmas 
           Em/B
presents up and stuck 'em under the 
tree
          Em                       
And said some of 'em were from me, 
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cause daddy couldn't buy 'em
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I'll never forget that Christmas I 
 Em/B
sat up the whole night crying
             Em                 
Cause daddy felt like a bum, see 
  C/G
daddy had a job
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But his job was to keep the food on 
the table for you and mom
            Em         C/G
And at the time every house that we 
lived in
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Either kept getting broken into and
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 robbed or shot up on the block
          Em             C/G
And your mom was saving money for 
you in a jar
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Tryna start a piggy bank for you so
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 you could go to college
        Em                     C/G
Almost had a thousand dollars till 
someone broke in and stole it
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And I know it hurt so bad it broke 
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your momma's heart
        Em                       
And it seemed like everything was 
        C/G
just startin' to fall apart
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Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so 
momma moved back
         Em              C/G
On the Chalmers in the flat one 
bedroom apartment
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And dad moved back to the other 
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side of 8 Mile on Novara
      Em                     
And that's when daddy went to 
      C/G
California with his CD
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And met Dr. Dre and flew you and 
momma out to see me
     Em                 C/G
But daddy had to work, you and momma
 had to leave me
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Then you started seeing daddy on the
 T.V.
                  Em               
And momma didn't like it and you 
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and Laney were to young to 
understand it
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Papa was a rollin' stone, momma 
developed a habit
       Em                C/G
And it all happened too fast for 
either one of us to grab it
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I'm just sorry you were there and 
had to witness it first hand
      Em                    C/G
Cause all I ever wanted to do was 
just make you proud
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Now I'm sitting in this empty house,
 just reminiscing
 Em                      C/G
Lookin' at your baby pictures, it 
just trips me out
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To see how much you both have 
       Em/B
grown, it's almost like you're 
sisters now
Em                C/G            
 Wow, guess you pretty much are 
                     D/A
and daddy's still here
                   Em/B
Laney I'm talkin' to you too, 
daddy's still here
Em                         C/G   
I like the sound of that, yeah, 
                      D/A
it's got a ring to it don't it?
                   Em/B
Shh, momma's only gone for the 
moment

     Em                C/G
Now hush little baby, don't you cry
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Everything's gonna be alright
                       Em       
Stiffen that upper lip up little 
          C/G
lady, I told ya
                 D/A               
Daddy's here to hold ya through the
  Em/B
 night
                    Em           
I know mommy's not here right now 
         C/G
and we don't know why
    D/A                Em/B
We fear how we feel inside
                       Em          
It may seem a little crazy, pretty 
 C/G
baby
               D/A           
But I promise momma's gon' be 
    Em/B
alright

                       Em          
And if you ask me too Daddy's gonna
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 buy you a mockingbird
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I'mma give you the world
                     Em          
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you, 
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I'mma sing for you
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I'll do anything for you to see you
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 smile
                    Em             
And if that mockingbird don't sing 
          C/G
and that ring don't shine
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I'mma break that birdies neck
                     Em            
I'll go back to the jeweler who 
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sold it to ya
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And make him eat every carat don't 
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fuck with dad (ha ha)