Daddy

 
              
 
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