Key: G
Introduction:
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I asked a little boy to call his daddy
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He said he couldn't and sighed
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And when I asked him what was wrong
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here's what the little boy replied
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My Daddy is only a picture, in a frame that hangs on the wall
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Each day I talk to my daddy, but he never talks at all
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I tell him all of my secrets and all of my little plans
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and from the way he smiles at me, I know he understands
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The angels took Daddy to heaven, when I was just goin' on three
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But I'll bet they never told him - how blue and lonesome We'd be
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I try to cheer up my mommie, when the tears roll down her face
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My daddy is only a picture, but I'm tryin' to take his place