Verse 1:
AE
I heard about, I heard about your daddy got sick
EA
Drove down to the river to die alone
AE
Seven days, seven days till they found him all
EF#m
Wrapped up in a blanket on the boat
EF#m
So we put him in the ground, down, down, down
E
Your Momma said stay strong, don't cry.
A
So that is what you did.
(Guitar solo)
AE
Years later, years down, later down the road
EA
on the bus with your FM radio.
AE
Half drunk, a cigarette hangin out,
EF#m
what happened to your lonely soul.
F#mE
Crying out,
EF#m
what happened to your lonely soul.
F#mE
Screamin out.
DEDE
You said try and lose, you said try and lose.
EAE
Everything you've known, everything you've seen.
F#mE
Everything you've loved, everthing you've been.
AE
And everywhere you walk, yes every song you sing.
F#mE
Every time you wake, it haunts you once again.
AE
My daddy ain't comin home, no no.
F#mE
Daddy ain't comin home, no no.
AE
My daddy ain't comin home, no no.
F#mE
Daddy ain't comin home, no no.
A
Your daddy ain't comin home.