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Version 1 Version 2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don’t Cry Daddy – Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Scott (Mac) Davis Originally released as a single (1969). Now on: “2nd to None” and other Greatest Hits compilations. Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E D x-x-0-2-3-2 or (especially in Intro and Interlude) x-x-0-7-7-5 F/D x-x-0-5-6-5 G/D x-x-0-7-8-7 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0 or (especially in Intro and Interlude) x-x-0-5-5-3 G/A x-0-5-4-3-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | F/D | G/D | D | C/D | [Verse 1] D Today I stumbled from my bed F# With thunder crashing in my head G And my pillow still wet | D | C/D | From last night's tears D And as I think of giving up F# A voice inside my coffee-cup G Kept crying out | C | A | Ringing in my ears [Chorus] D Don't cry daddy | Em | A | Daddy, please don't cry G A Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy D G Together we'll find a brand new mommy G Daddy, daddy, please laugh again [break] A Daddy ride us on your back again [break] G F#m Em G/A [ D ] Oh, da-a-a-addy, please don't cry [Interlude] | D | F/D | G/D | D | C/D | D | C/D | [Verse 2] D Why are children always first F# To feel the pain and hurt the worst G It's cruel 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 And I wonder | C | A | Will it be the same tonight [Chorus] D Don't cry daddy | Em | A | Daddy, please don't cry G A Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy D G Together we'll find a brand new mommy G Daddy, daddy, please laugh again [break] A Daddy ride us on your back again [break] G F#m Em G/A | D | C/D | Oh, da-a-a-addy, please don't cry G F#m Em G/A [ D ] Oh, da-a-a-addy, ... please don't cry [break] [break] [ritardando] [Coda] | D | C/D | D | D