Chords for Betty Jean Robinson - Daddy I Can Make It On My Own

_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ I [G] can make it on [C] my _ _ own.
_ Just nineteen and getting restless, _ when I [F] left my mountain home.
Johnny [C] _ Miller's little brain still on [G] my _ _ hand.
_ Went [C] against my daddy's judgment, _ [F] telling me I shouldn't go.
But I [C] said, Daddy, I [G] can make it on [C] my own. _
_ _ [Bm] Rode [C] a greyhound from Belk, _ _ [F] going east to Washington.
_ _ [C] Where the girls outnumber men there ten [G] to one. _
_ _ Though [C] I missed my dear old daddy and [Gm] my [F] little _ mountain home.
Told [C] myself, girl, [G] you can make it on [C] your _ own.
_ _ Met [F] a man who said he loved me, [C] introduced me to the town.
For the first time [D] let my warm lips [G] taste his _ wine.
_ _ [C] Nineteen years of prayer and [E] wisdom, [F] daddy taught me at his knee.
I [D] cast [C] aside and [G] wasted in a few hours [C] _ time.
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[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Daddy, _ [G] I can make it on [C] my _ _ _ _ own.
Weak from wine I fought temptation, _ [F] on the strength I'd learned at home.
His fancy [C] words and strong persuasion broke [G] me down. _
_ _ I [C] woke up in New York City, _ [F] in a motel room alone.
_ [C] Crying, Daddy, I [G] can't make it on [C] my own. _ _
_ I can't [F] go back in my condition to [C] my little _ mountain home.
Daddy's gone to be [D] with mama in [G] the sky. _
_ But Lord [C] his side always [Em]
[C] still haunt me, since [F] the day I left my home.
Saying, [C] Daddy, I [G] can make it on my [F] own. _ _
[Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Daddy, _ I can [G] make it on [C] my own. _
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