David Allan Coe – Daddy Was A God Fearin Man (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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  You know when I was about eight years old, used to go with my grandpa up to

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the town square, set him down up there on a picnic bench and he used to play

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checkers with them other old men up there. They used to tell stories bout when they were kids.

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Grandpa says he shot the chief of police,     when he was nine years old.   N' I believe him,

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cause they tell me that Hazard, Kentucky's the baldest place in the world.  Why,

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they say they used to sit out there on their front porch, shoot then revenuers,

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when they'd come down the hollow.   Said they was so young,

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took two o' them boys to hold the rifle and one to pull the trigger, hymn. Well, grandpa,

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he'd lie a little bit,     but I'll tell you,    there's a lot of stories in Harlan County.
[Verse 1]
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Yeah, folks in Harlan County Lord they knew that we were poor

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They always called my daddy preacher Dan

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But daddy weren't no preacher least ways I don't recollect

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Never hear of papa talk of nothin' but the land.
[Chorus 1]
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And Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer yes he was

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Could not read nor write Lord he could barely sign his name

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Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer all his life

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Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same.
[Verse 2]
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Well he always grew tobacco though he did not smoke himself

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He had the best tobacco crop around

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And he never touched a drop of liquor that I can recall

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Papa made his livin' on the ground.
[Verse 3]
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Yes Sunday-go-to-meetin' called for more than he could stand

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I guess he felt at home in his old clothes

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But he never missed a Sunday takin' momma to the church

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Maybe it was habit, Lord but Heaven only knows.
[Chorus 2]
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And Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer yes he was

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Could not read nor write Lord he could barely sign his name

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Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer all his life

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Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same.
[Solo] DD G DDD AA DD G DD A DD [Verse 4]
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Yeah, folks in Harlan County, Lord, they knew that we were poor

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They always called my daddy preacher Dan

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But daddy weren't no preacher, least ways I don't recollect

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Never hear of grandpa talk of nothin' but the land.
[Chorus 3]
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And Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer all his life

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Could not read nor write Lord he could barely sign his name

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Daddy Was A God Fearin' farmer yes he was

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Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same.

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Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same

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Someday when I'm grown I'll be the same.