From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick) Subject: CRD:To Daddy Emmylou Harris Chords/Lyrics Date: 13 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT Emmylou Harris To Daddy written by Dolly Parton Hank DeVito steel guitar Brian Ahern 12 string guitar Rodney Crowell acoustic guitar Glen D Hardin piano John Ware drums Emory Gordy bass Mickey Raphael harmonica G Mama never seemed To miss the finer things of life D If she did she never did say so to daddy She never wanted to be more Than mother and a wife G If she did she never did say so to daddy G The only thing that seemed To be important in her life G7 C Was to make our house a home and make us happy Mama never wanted G Any more that what she had D G If she did she never did say so to daddy G He often left her all alone She didn't mind the staying home D If she did she never did say so to daddy And she never missed the flowers And the cards he never sent her G If she did she never did say so to daddy G Being took for granted Was a thing that she accepted C And she didn't need those things to make her happy And she didn't seem to notice G That he didn't kiss and hold her D G If she did she never did say so to daddy C One morning we awoke Just to find a note D That mama carefully wrote and left to daddy C And as we began to read it Our ears could not believe it D The words that she had written there to daddy G She said the kids are older now They don't need me very much G7 C And I've gone in search of love I need so badly I have needed you so long G But I just can't keep holding on She never meant to come back home D C She did she never did say so to daddy G Goodbye to daddy From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town" Warner Brothers Records 1978 Owepar Publishing Company(BMI)