Gene Watson – When My Daddy Danced (Guitar)
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Track 8 of 12 on the album "Gene Watson" (1969)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A A7 D Well, my daddy couldn't play an instrument and he couldn't sing a note A B7 E7 But what he could do with music never could be wrote A A7 D After the work on a Saturday, all he needed was the chance A E7 A He'd get Ma and all us kids together and head for the country dance
[Chorus]
E7 A D A He'd do-si-do and kick up his heels when they'd play the "Chicken Reel" E7 A D E N.C. A He'd whirl and jump and really pranced, it's something to see when my daddy danced
[Verse 2]
A A7 D His tired old frame would straighten like he never had a care A B7 E7 And the years just seemed to fall away when music filled the air A A7 D And the other couples, young and old, stood aside and clapped their hands A E7 A And they even had to change fiddlers to keep up when Daddy danced
[Chorus 2]
E7 A D A "Fire on the Mountain" or the "Kelly Waltz", fast or slow, it didn't matter at all E7 A D E N.C. A G A Foxtrot or the "Sugar-Foot Rag", it was something to see when my daddy danced
[Verse 3]
A A7 D Mama said when they were courting, he was the handsomest man around A B7 E7 And no one could hold a candle to Pa when the couples circle 'round A A7 D During the week, he was just a farmer, didn't look like a man of romance A E7 A We could see everything Mama saw in him when Daddy began to dance
[Chorus 3]
E7 A D A "Down Yonder", "Cotton-Eyed Joe", so fast it'd burn the fiddler's bow E7 A D E N.C. A The young men didn't have a chance, it was something to see when my daddy danced