Chords for Gladys Knight & the Pips "Daddy Could Swear I Declare" My Extended Version!

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_ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ Oh, [G] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ how I remember daddy, he was strong and had a filthy hand.
Yeah.
_ Though he only stood about five feet seven, my daddy was a heck of [E] a man.
This was your [G] eldest son, and he knew it.
[E] Yeah.
Though he sold [G] it in a very funny way.
_ [E] _ But most [Em] of the time he was a crippling fuss and pretty sad.
What he had to say, na, na, na, na, na, that he couldn't [A] read, that he couldn't write.
[Em] But one thing [A] daddy, so good to write, he could swear.
_ [G] [A] Oh, _ no, I [Em] declare. _
Yes, to God, [A] that he could swear.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [E] I declare. _
I'm listening.
_ I still remember seeing him in the backyard, [Em] just a-digging and a-painting away.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, my brothers and sisters still talk about how daddy lost his temper that day.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
You see, he built a big ditch from the garage to the house while he sang, tell me what I say.
On the same day the garbage man packed into the pit, and the whole darn thing came where he should have been at.
Daddy couldn't read, [A] my brother couldn't write, [Em] my mother said, daddy, [A] so good to write, he could swear.
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[E] Yes, to God, that [A] he could swear.
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[A] _ Oh, no, [Em] I declare. _ _
_ [E] Yes, to God.
Tell him about, tell him about that daddy.
_ Tell him about, tell him about that daddy. _ _ _
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_ _ _ My [Em] daddy was a bad Montana, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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once he [Bm] played, watched him out.
My daddy was [Em] a bad Montana, once he played, watched him out.
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[A] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ a known scholar, no, no he didn't have a PhD.
_ _ But in my eyes, and deep down in my heart, my daddy means the world to me.
[E] _ You [Em] probably thought my daddy's just [E] a [Em] person and a being man.
_ But I hope the good Lord, my parents understand, that my daddy's just being my dad.
Na, na, na, na, na, daddy couldn't be, [A] no, daddy couldn't write.
[Em] But one thing daddy, [A] so I'm good to write, because well, [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] I'm a good _ _ _
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[E] writer.
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Because well, I'm a good dad.
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I'm _ _ _ _ glad that's a daddy.
_ Well [Em] y'all, dog that's my _ daddy.
I'm [N] glad y'all, that's my daddy. _