[Intro]
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Em C D Em C D Em
Yeah, I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now.
C
But hey, what'd Daddy always tell you?
D Em C
Straighten up, little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip!
D Em
What you cryin' about? You got me
[Verse 1]
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Em C
Hailie, I know you miss your mom, and I know you miss your dad
D Em
When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
C
I can see you're sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
D Em
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you wanna cry
C
'Cause you're scared, I ain't there
Daddy's with you in your prayers
D Em
No more cryin', wipe them tears
Daddy's here, no more nightmares
C
We gon' pull together through it
D
We gon' do it, Lainie-Uncle's crazy, ain't he?
Em
Yeah, but he loves you, girl, and you better know it
C
We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls
D Em
When it whirls, when it twirls, two little beautiful girls
C
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I know it's confusin' you
D Em
Daddy's always on the move, Momma's always on the news
C
I try to keep you sheltered from it, but somehow it seems
D Em
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
C
All the things growin' up as Daddy that he had to see
D Em
Daddy don't want you to see, but you see just as much as he did
C
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
D Em
But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever bein'
C D
Together ever again, like we used to be when we was teenagers
Em
But then, of course, everything always happens for a reason
C
I guess it was never meant to be, but it's just something
D Em
We have no control over, and that's what destiny is
C
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
D Em
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream
[Chorus]
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Em C
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
D Em
Everything's gonna be alright
C
Stiffen that upper lip up, little lady, I told ya
D Em
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
C
I know Mommy's not here right now, and we don't know why
D Em
We feel how we feel inside
C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
D Em
But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright
[Verse 2]
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Em C
It's funny, I remember back one year when Daddy had no money
D Em
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up and stuck 'em under the tree
C
And said some of 'em were from me 'cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
D Em
I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night cryin'
C
'Cause Daddy felt like a bumâsee, Daddy had a job
D Em
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and Mom
C
And at the time, every house that we lived in
D Em
Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed or shot up on the block
C
And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar
D Em
Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
C
Almost had a thousand dollars, 'til someone broke in and stole it
D Em
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
C
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
D Em
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot, so Momma moved back
C
On to Chalmers in the flat, one bedroom apartment
D Em
And Dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
C
And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD
D Em
And met Dr. Dre and flew you and Momma out to see me
C
But Daddy had to work, you and Momma had to leave me
D Em
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV, and Momma didn't like it
C
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
D Em
Papa was a rolling stone, Momma developed a habit
C
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
D Em
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
C
'Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
D Em
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house
C
Just reminiscin', lookin' at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
D Em
To see how much you both have grown, it's almost like you're sisters now
C D
Wow, guess you pretty much are, and Daddy's still here
Em
Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too, Daddy's still here
C D
I like the sound of that, yeah, it's got a ring to it, don't it?
Em
Sshh! Momma's only gone for the moment
[Outro]
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Em C
And if you ask me to, Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
D Em
I'ma give you the world
C
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you
D Em
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
C
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
D Em
I'ma break that birdie's neck
C
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
D Em
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad!