"I Don't Call Him Daddy"
by Doug Supernaw
D4 (also called D suspended) XX0233, D XX0232, D2 XX0230
G 355433, A X02220, C X32010, Bm XX4432 or X24432
INTRO: |D4 D |D2 D |D4 D |D2 D ||
It was [D4]six in the [D]morning when I [D2]made the county [D]line;
There's [D4]someone I've got to [D]talk to, can't [D2]get it off my [D]mind.
He is [G]just a [D]kid, and he's [A]in a pretty rough [Bm]spot;
[Bm]Two dimes to make a [G]phone call, [A]that's about all I [D4]got[D].[D2]
How's my [D4]boy to[D]day? I [D2]know it's been three [D]weeks;
But you [D4]know how far I've [D]got to go these [D2]days to make ends
me[D]et.
How's your [G]mama [D]now, with [A]her new live-in [Bm]friend?[Bm]
[Bm]Oh, how I [G]hate the wounds that [A]never seem to [D4]mend[D].[D2][D]
You said, "[G]I don't call him [G]daddy, but [C]he takes care of [G]things.
When you [G]pick me up on [G]Friday, are you gonna [G]bring me any[D]thing?
[G]Oh, don't worry [G]Dad, you know, it don't [C]matter what we [G]do[-];[D]
Cause [C]I don't call him [G]daddy, he can [D]never be like [D4]you.[D]"[D2D]
[D4]God bless the [D]little hearts, there the [D2]ones who really [D]pay
When [D4]Mom and Dad can't [D]get along and they [D2]go their separate
w[D]ays.
In a [G]way I'm glad there's [D]someone there to [A]fill the empty
sp[Bm]ace;
[Bm]Tears of unders[G]tanding stream [A]down a dirty [D4]face[D].[D2][D]
You said, "[G]I don't call him [G]daddy, but [C]he takes care of [G]things.
When you [G]pick me up on [G]Friday, are you gonna [G]bring me any[D]thing?
[G]Oh, don't worry [G]Dad, you know, it don't [C]matter what we [G]do[-];[D]
Cause [C]I don't call him [G]daddy, he can [G]never be like [D]you,
Be like [D]you,[D][G][G]
Be like [D]you.[D][G][G][D][A]
He is [D4]quite a little [D]man growin' up as [D2]fast as he [D]can;
And [D4]I don't get to [D]see him half as [D2]much as I had [D]planned.
There's [G]so much I need to [D]tell him, so [A]precious litt[Bm]le time;
A little [Bm]rain on the [G]window[G], and a [A]little wave[A]... good[D4]bye[D]
You said, "I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things.
When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?
Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do;
Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you.
(repeating while slowly fading out)
He said, "I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things.
When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?
Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do;
Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you.
by Doug Supernaw
D4 (also called D suspended) XX0233, D XX0232, D2 XX0230
G 355433, A X02220, C X32010, Bm XX4432 or X24432
INTRO: |D4 D |D2 D |D4 D |D2 D ||
It was [D4]six in the [D]morning when I [D2]made the county [D]line;
There's [D4]someone I've got to [D]talk to, can't [D2]get it off my [D]mind.
He is [G]just a [D]kid, and he's [A]in a pretty rough [Bm]spot;
[Bm]Two dimes to make a [G]phone call, [A]that's about all I [D4]got[D].[D2]
How's my [D4]boy to[D]day? I [D2]know it's been three [D]weeks;
But you [D4]know how far I've [D]got to go these [D2]days to make ends
me[D]et.
How's your [G]mama [D]now, with [A]her new live-in [Bm]friend?[Bm]
[Bm]Oh, how I [G]hate the wounds that [A]never seem to [D4]mend[D].[D2][D]
You said, "[G]I don't call him [G]daddy, but [C]he takes care of [G]things.
When you [G]pick me up on [G]Friday, are you gonna [G]bring me any[D]thing?
[G]Oh, don't worry [G]Dad, you know, it don't [C]matter what we [G]do[-];[D]
Cause [C]I don't call him [G]daddy, he can [D]never be like [D4]you.[D]"[D2D]
[D4]God bless the [D]little hearts, there the [D2]ones who really [D]pay
When [D4]Mom and Dad can't [D]get along and they [D2]go their separate
w[D]ays.
In a [G]way I'm glad there's [D]someone there to [A]fill the empty
sp[Bm]ace;
[Bm]Tears of unders[G]tanding stream [A]down a dirty [D4]face[D].[D2][D]
You said, "[G]I don't call him [G]daddy, but [C]he takes care of [G]things.
When you [G]pick me up on [G]Friday, are you gonna [G]bring me any[D]thing?
[G]Oh, don't worry [G]Dad, you know, it don't [C]matter what we [G]do[-];[D]
Cause [C]I don't call him [G]daddy, he can [G]never be like [D]you,
Be like [D]you,[D][G][G]
Be like [D]you.[D][G][G][D][A]
He is [D4]quite a little [D]man growin' up as [D2]fast as he [D]can;
And [D4]I don't get to [D]see him half as [D2]much as I had [D]planned.
There's [G]so much I need to [D]tell him, so [A]precious litt[Bm]le time;
A little [Bm]rain on the [G]window[G], and a [A]little wave[A]... good[D4]bye[D]
You said, "I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things.
When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?
Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do;
Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you.
(repeating while slowly fading out)
He said, "I don't call him daddy, but he takes care of things.
When you pick me up on Friday, are you gonna bring me anything?
Oh, don't worry Dad, you know, it don't matter what we do;
Cause I don't call him daddy, he can never be like you.
