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Santa Looked Like Daddy

Buck Owens

RockEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Chorus 
G                                             C   
Santa looked like daddy, or daddy looked like him 
                              D                            G 
It's not the way I had him pictured, Santa was a much too thin 
                                                            C 
He didn't come down the chimney, so momma must have let him in 
                          D                               G 
Santa looked a lot like daddy, or daddy looked a lot like him 
 
G                                                                      C 
Well, they thought I was fast a sleepin', they thought I was tucked in bed 
                                D                                 G 
They never thought I'd come a peepin', or that I'd hear what was said 
                                                           C 
Santa put his arm around mama, and mama put her arm around him 
                          D                         G 
So if Santa Claus ain't daddy, I'm a gonna tell on him 
 
Repeat Chorus 
G                                                              C  
I never saw Dancer or Prancer, I never heard the sleigh bells ring 
                           D                                   G 
I never saw the Red Nosed reindeer, like they show on the TV screen 
G                                                                   C 
But he sure brought a lot of presents, so Santa Claus he must have been 
                                 D                                G 
Well he sure looked a lot like Daddy, and daddy looked a lot like him 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
G                                             C 
Santa looked like daddy, or daddy looked like him 
                            D                              G 
It's not the way I had him pictured, Santa was a much too thin 
                                                            C 
He didn't come down the chimney, so momma must have let him in (Fade Out)
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.