[Intro]

Em  C       D  Em                  
      Yeah,       I know sometimes 
               C                      
Things may not   always make sense 
              D   Em
To you right now
                                       C
But hey, what'd Daddy always tell you?
           D                  
Straighten up, little soldier
Em                            C
   Stiffen up that upper lip!
                       D          Em
What you cryin' about?   You got me
 
[Primera Parte]
 
            Em                  
Hailie, I know you miss your mom
        C
And I know you miss your dad
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When I'm gone, but I'm tryin' 
                 Em
To give you the life that I never had
                                      C
I can see you're sad, even when you smile

Even when you laugh
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I can see it in your eyes
 Em
Deep inside you wanna cry

                                C
'Cause you're scared, I ain't there

Daddy's with you in your prayers
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No more cryin', wipe them tears
 Em
Daddy's here, no more nightmares
                      
We gon' pull together through it
 C                              D
We gon' do it, Lainie-Uncle's crazy, ain't he?
                         Em
Yeah, but he loves you, girl


And you better know it
                    
We're all we got in this world
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When it spins, when it swirls
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When it whirls, when it twirls
  Em
Two little beautiful girls
                            
Lookin' puzzled, in a daze
C
I know it's confusin' you
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Daddy's always on the move
 Em
Momma's always on the news

                            
I try to keep you sheltered from it 
 C
But somehow it seems
            D                    
The harder that I try to do that
         Em
The more it backfires on me
                          
All the things growin' up 
    C
As Daddy that he had to see
       D                    
Daddy don't want you to see
     Em
But you see just as much as he did

                              
We did not plan it to be this way 
C
Your mother and me
                 D                    
But things have got so bad between us
         Em
I don't see us ever bein'
                   
Together ever again
        C                                   
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
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But then, of course
   Em
Everything always happens for a reason

                      C
I guess it was never meant to be

But it's just something
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We have no control over
      Em
And that's what destiny is
                   
But no more worries
           C
Rest your head and go to sleep
      D                     
Maybe one day we'll wake up 
            Em
And this'll all just be a dream
 
[Estribillo]

     Em                 C
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
       D                 Em
Everything's gonna be alright
                       
Stiffen that upper lip up, 
                C
Little lady, I told ya
                 D                   Em
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
                                 
I know Mommy's not here right now
        C
And we don't know why
    D                  Em
We feel how we feel inside
                                    C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
                D                 Em
But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright
 
[Segunda Parte]

            Em                  
It's funny, I remember back one year 
      C
When Daddy had no money
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Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up 
      Em
And stuck 'em under the tree
                                  
And said some of 'em were from me 
        C
'Cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em
      D                          
I'll never forget that Christmas,
      Em
I sat up the whole night cryin'

                                   C
'Cause Daddy felt like a bum see, Daddy had a job
         D                    
But his job was to keep the food 
              Em
On the table for you and Mom
                                   C
And at the time, every house that we lived in
                     D           
Either kept gettin' broken into 
                Em
And robbed or shot up on the block
                               C
And your mom was savin' money for you in a jar
            D                     
Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you 
    Em
So you could go to college

                               
Almost had a thousand dollars
  C
'Til someone broke in and stole it
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And I know it hurt so bad 
     Em
It broke your momma's heart
                              
And it seemed like everything 
           C
Was just startin' to fall apart
 D                         Em
Mom and Dad was arguin' a lot

So Momma moved back
                          
On to Chalmers in the flat
C
  One bedroom apartment
     D              
And Dad moved back 
                     Em
To the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
                           
And that's when Daddy went
    C
To California with his CD 
        D                
And met Dr. Dre and flew 
         Em
You and Momma out to see me

                     
But Daddy had to work
         C
You and Momma had to leave me
           D                         Em
Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV 

And Momma didn't like it
                    C
And you and Lainie were too young to understand it
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Papa was a rolling stone
 Em
Momma developed a habit
                        
And it all happened too fast 
    C
For either one of us to grab it
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I'm just sorry you were there 
     Em
And had to witness it first hand
                             C
'Cause all I ever wanted to do 

Was just make you proud
 D                             Em
Now I'm sittin' in this empty house

                             
Just reminiscin', lookin' at 
           C
Your baby pictures, it just trips me out
            D                       
To see how much you both have grown
     Em
It's almost like you're sisters now
                       C            
Wow, guess you pretty much are
                       D
And Daddy's still here
                            Em
Lainie, I'm talkin' to you too

Daddy's still here
                           C           
I like the sound of that, yeah
                             D
It's got a ring to it, don't it?
              Em
Sshh! Momma's only gone for the moment
 
[Estribillo]

     Em                 C
Now hush, little baby, don't you cry
       D                 Em
Everything's gonna be alright
                       
Stiffen that upper lip up, 
                C
Little lady, I told ya
                 D                   Em
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
                                 
I know Mommy's not here right now
        C
And we don't know why
    D                  Em
We feel how we feel inside
                                    C
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
                D                 Em
But I promise, Momma's gon' be alright
 
[Final]

                    
And if you ask me to
                         C
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
D                  Em
I'ma give you the world
                               
I'ma buy a diamond ring for you
      C
I'ma sing for you
                  D                   Em
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
                                   
And if that mockingbird don't sing 
          C
And that ring don't shine
       D                  Em
I'ma break that birdie's neck
                                        C
I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
                        D                      Em
And make him eat every carat, don't fuck with Dad!