Chords
Daddy

Key: G

Introduction:

 G#m                                         F# 
Sweet little girl, with nothing to say
                                                       G#m 
She hides in the smile she wears on her face
                                               F# 
The secrets of her the family keeps
                                                 G#m 
The secrets of him that blacken the sheep
                                                       F# 
She shakes at the sound of jingling keys
                                                         G#m 
The man that she loves, the violent disease
                                                                   F# 
'Cause when he's around, there's nothing to hide
                                                     G#m 
She makes no sound as she swallows her pride
         E                                                   D#m 
And Daddy only comes when he's ready for more
         G#m                                         F# 
She waits on the floor, she watches the door
         E                                                   D#m 
And Daddy only comes when he's begging for more
         G#m                                 F# 
And just like before he opens the door
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                     C#m 
(Are you sober now, is it over?)
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                                     C#m 
(She'll be so let down when she's older)
 G#m           B                             E 
Play her father when she cries
                                                           C#m 
(Now she's so messed up, and she says)
 E         F# 
All I want is
 G#m                                 F# 
Now he returns like every time
                                                       G#m 
With rum on his breath and her on his mind
                                                   F# 
There's no one around to witness the crime
                                                             G#m 
A scream won't sound past the property line
                                                         F# 
The man that she loves, the wicked offense
                                                         G#m 
She takes the attention, suppresses the rest
                                           F#m 
Emotion and pain, it can't be disguised
                                                       G#m 
The smaller she feels, the bigger she cries
         E                                                       D#m 
And Daddy gives it all 'cause he loves you the most
           G#m                                                         F# 
He's stretching your clothes, you're clenching your toes
       E                                                           D#m 
He says he gives it all 'cause he loves you the most
           G#m                                       F# 
He's holding you close, his hands on your throat
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                     C#m 
(Are you sober now, is it over?)
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                                     C#m 
(She'll be so let down when she's older)
 G#m           B                             E 
Play her father when she cries
                                                           C#m 
(Now she's so messed up, and she says)
 E         F#           G#m   E 
All I want is you
 E         F# 
All I want is
 G#m 
Now she's of age, and he's on his last
But nothing can heal the scars of her past
                                               F# 
She feels so alone and angry, because
                                                   G#m 
She sees him the way the family does
                                                     F# 
So late in the night, her eyes seeing red
                                                     G#m 
And Daddy lay sick on the hospital bed
                                                             F# 
She creeps in the room with a bag in her hand
                                                       G#m 
And smothers the face of a terrible man
       E                                                     D#m 
If Daddy only stopped when she begged him before
           G#m                                       F# 
He'd be so much more, she'd be so much more
       E                                                     D#m 
If Daddy only stopped when she begged him before
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                     C#m 
(Are you sober now, is it over?)
 G#m               B                               E 
Weigh your heart against my eyes
                                                                     C#m 
(And she's so let down, now she's older)
 G#m           B                               E 
Play his daughter when he lies
                                                         C#m 
(Now he's so messed up, and he says)
 E         F#m         G#m   E 
All I want is you
(Now he's so messed up, and he says)
 E         F#m         G#m   E 
All I want is you
(And she's so let down when he lies)
 E         F#m 
All I want is