Don't Cry daddy Chords
Don't Cry daddy by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G, F#, A7, Em and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D C G D C
D
Today I stumbled from my bed
F#
With thunder crashing in my head
G
My pillow still wet
D C
From last night's tears
D
And as I think of giving up
F#
A voice inside my coffee-cup
G
Kept crying out
C A7
Ringing in my ears
D
Don't cry daddy
Em A7
Daddy, please don't cry
G A7
Daddy, you've still got me, and little Tommy
D G
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
G
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
A7
Daddy ride us on your back again
G D/F# Em A7 D SOLO: D C D C D C
Ooh, daaaaddy, please don't cry
D
Why are children always first
F#
To feel the pain and hurt the worst?
G
It's cruel, somehow
D C
It just don't seem right
D
'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know
F#
It hurts my little children so
G C A7
And I wonder will it be the same tonight
D
Don't cry daddy
Em A7
Daddy, please don't cry
G A7
Daddy, you've still got me, and little Tommy
D G
Together we'll find a brand new mommy
G
Daddy, daddy, please laugh again
A7
Daddyride us on your back again
G D/F# Em A7 D C
Ooh, daaaaddy, please don't cry
G D/F# Em A7 D C D
Ooh, daaaaddy, please don't cry