Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Daddy Was A Sailor (Guitar)
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Chords
Tempo: fast 4
(The riff in the intro and outro is the "Sailor's Hornpipe" melody.)
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D | D | D | (riff)
[Verse 1]
|D |D |D |D | Daddy was a sailor .... "Join the Navy, See the World" ... |D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# | Daddy was a sailor .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . . |G |D |G |D | Taught me how to dance, ... taught me that jitter bug groove ... |G |D |A |D |D | Taught me all about romance, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Verse 2]
|D |D |D |D | Daddy was a lover .... traveled all around the world ... |D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# | Daddy was a lover .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . . |G |D |G |D | Taught me how to cuss, ... some folks didn't approve ... |G |D |A |D |D | Taught me how to fight and fuss, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Bridge]
|Bm |Bm |D | .. Daddy wasn't always home that much . |D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |D | ... But somehow . he managed . to keep in touch |D |Bm |Bm |D | ... Yes, he sent me a hula girl post card from Hawaii, he did |D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |A |A | ... And that was just enough . for that six-year-old kid ...
[Break]
| D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D D D/E D/F# |
| G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D | A | A | Well,
[Verse 3]
|D |D |D |D I never joined the navy ... but you know I've been around the world ... |D |D | 'Cause somethin' that he gave me .... |D |D D D/E D/F# | Pleases all the little girls . . . |G |D |G |D | Move a little closer baby, please say "yes," no, don't say "maybe" |G |D | The time is right and it feels good tonight |A |D |A |D | I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ... |A |D |A |D | I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ... |A |D |A |D | I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
[Outro]
|A |D |A |D | Oooh, oooh-oooh ... Oooh, oooh-oooh ... |A |D |D |D |D |D | Oooh, oooh-oooh ... ... (Riff)
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Sailor's Hornpipe Riff: D D D e |-----------|-----------|-----------| B |-------3-2-|-3---------|-----3-3---| G |-----------|-------2-0-|---2-------| D |-----------|---0-0-----|-4---------| A |-----------|-----------|-----------| E |-----------|-----------|-----------|
Charted by Dexex