Intro
 
Cm7   Dm7 
 
Gm    Ebmaj7 
Ooh   Ooh 
Gm    Ebmaj7 
Oooooooooh 
 
Gm   F/A     Bb7   C7 
Oooooh     Ooh 
Ebmaj7 
Ooh 
 
Gm9   Ebmaj7 
 
Verse 1
 
Gm             D7/A 
Daddy played piano 
Gm/Bb          C7 
Played it very well 
Ebmaj7           Bb/D 
Music from those hands could 
Cm7              D7 
Catch you like a spell 
Gm                D7/A 
He could make you love him 
Gm/Bb              C7#5   C7 
'Fore the tune was done 
Ebmaj7 
You have your daddy's hands 
Cm9          Dm7     Gm9   Ebmaj7 
You are your daddy's son 
 
Gm9   Ebmaj7 
Ooh   Ooh 
 
Verse 2
 
Gm          D7/A 
Daddy never knew 
     Gm/Bb            C7 
That you were on your way 
Ebmaj7       Dm7 
He had other ladies 
    Cm9            D7 
And other tunes to play 
Gm             D7/A 
When he up and left me 
Gm/Bb         C7#5   C7 
I just up and run 
Ebmaj7 
Only thing in my head 
Cm9           Dm7     Gm 
You were your daddy's son 
 
Bridge
 
Gm 
Couldn't hear no music 
                Ebmaj7 
Couldn't see no light 
Gm 
Mama, she was frightened 
               Ebmaj7 
Crazy from the fright 
Gm 
Tears without no comfort 
            Gm/F   Em7b5 
Screams without no sound 
 
     Ebmaj7 
Only darkness and pain 
    Ebmaj7 
The anger and pain 
    Bbmaj7/D 
The blood and the pain 
  Cm11 Cm7               D7sus 
I buried my heart in the ground 
       D7sus 
In the ground 
       Ebmaj9 
When I buried you in the ground 
 
Gm9   Ebmaj9 
 
Verse 3
 
Gm             D7/A 
Daddy played piano 
Gm/Bb            C9 
Bet he's playin' still 
Ebmaj9        Bb/D 
Mama can't forget him 
Cm9             D7b5   D7 
Don't suppose I will 
Gm             D7/A 
God wants no excuses 
Gm/Bb       C7 
I have only one 
Ebmaj9 
You had your daddy's hands 
N.C. 
Forgive me 
Cm9           Dm11    Gm9   Ebmaj9   Gm 
You were your daddy's son