Judy Collins – O Daddy Be Gay (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am [Verse 1]
                               G         Am
There was an old man who lived under the hill

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

                                         D
There was an old man who lived under the hill

      Am                       G
If he ain’t goin’ away he’d be livin’ there still

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 2]
                       G           Am
One day the Devil came down to his plough

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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One day the Devil came down to his plough

       Am                      G
Said, "One of your family I’ll have to have now"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 3]
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"Oh, tis not just your son or daughter I crave"

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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"Tis not your son or your daughter I crave

         Am                    G
But your old baggin’ wife I’ll carry away"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 4]
                        G         Am
"Ah, take her away with all of my heart"

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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"Take her away with all of my heart

         Am                 G
And I’ll bet the two of you never will part"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 5]
                         G         Am
The Devil he hoisted her up on his back

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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The Devil he hoisted her up on his back

    Am               G
And off to Hell with her in a pack

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 6]
                       G           Am
He set her down at the fork in the road

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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He set her down at the fork in the road

   Am                         G
He said, "Old woman, you’re a hell of a load"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 7]
                    G                    Am
Then he carried her down to the gates of Hell

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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He carried her down to the gates of Hell

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Said, "Rake up the coals and we’ll roast her well"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 8]
                             G        Am
One poor little devil looked over the wall

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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One poor little devil peeked over the wall

          Am                          G
He said, "Take her home daddy, she’ll murder us all"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 9]
                             G         Am
Oh, the Devil he hoisted her up on his back

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

                                   D
The Devil he hoisted her up on his back

    Am              G
And home again with her in a pack

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 10]
                     G                  Am
The old woman went a whistlin’ over the hill

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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The old woman went a whistlin’ over the hill

     Am                     G
"The Devil won’t have me, I wonder who will"

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be
[Verse 11]
                         G         Am
There is an advantage we have over men

G D        Am
O daddy be gay

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There is an advantage we have over men

       Am                  G
We can go down to Hell and come back again

Am       D          Am
Daddy be gay if you can be