D#mC#BC#
Daddy, daddy, come and look! See what I have found!
D#mC#A little ways away from here,
BD#m Ebm7+
While digging in the ground.
F#C#A#mFm
Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
F#C#A#mFmA#m
It's nothing, just a picture book they had before the war.
mtm
D#mC#BC#
Daddy, daddy, come and see! Daddy come and look!
D#mC#
Why there's four or five little Melinda girls
BD#m Ebm7+
Inside my picture book.
F#C#A#mFm
Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
F#C#A#mFmA#mBm
There were lots of little girls like you before they had the war
EmDCD
Oh daddy, daddy, come and see! Daddy hurry do!
EmD
Why there's someone in a pretty dress,
CEm Em7+
She's all grown up like you. Won't you tell me why?
GDBmF#m
Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
GDBmF#mBm
That someone is your mommy you had before the war.
EmDCD
Daddy, daddy, tell me if you can.
EmDCEm Em7+
Why can't things be the way they were before the war began?
GDBmF#m
Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
GDF#mBm
The answer lies in yesterday before they had the war.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.