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They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy (Live)

Loretta Lynn
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  I  wasn't much more than a baby, I thought he was a bear,
 The Way my  Daddy carried me a round.
 They said I learned to walk
 While holding on to just one finger,
 On the hand  of a man that's standin' six foot, three.
 Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression:.
 Just somethin'  people talk about a lot.
 My Daddy wasn't one to try to make no big impression,
 Just one  heck of a man that worked for what he'd got.
 (Chorus)
 They don't  make 'em like my Daddy any more.
 Guess they've thrown  away the pattern through the years.
 And in the great big land of freedom,
 I know that we really need 'em:
 They don't  make 'em like my Daddy any more.
 From the Johnson County court house
 To the hills of West Virginia,
 My Daddy  worked down in them dark cold mines.
 Education didn't count so much as what you had for mem'u
 Like the  will to live an' a dream of better times.
 Daddy never took a hand out; we ate pinto beans and bacon,
 But he worked  to keep the wolf back from the d oor.
 And it only proves one thing to me,
 When folks start bellyaching:
 They don't  make 'em like my Daddy any more.
 Repeat Chorus

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Readable chord sheet for They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy (Live) by Loretta Lynn

[G]I wasn't much more than a baby, I thought he was a bear,

The Way [D]my Daddy carried me a   round.
They said I learned to walk
While holding on to just one finger,

On the h[G]and of a man that's standin' six foot,  three.
Not old enough to understand the meaning of depression:.

Just som[D]ethin' people talk about a      lot.
My Daddy wasn't one to try to make no big impression,
Just one[G] heck of a man that worked for what he'd        got.
(Chorus)
They don[C]'t make 'em like my     Daddy any more.
Guess th[G]ey've   [D]thrown away the pattern through the     years.
And in the great big land of freedom,
I know that we really need 'em:
They don[G]'t make 'em like my Daddy any   more.
From the Johnson County court house
To the hills of West Virginia,
My Daddy[D] worked down in them dark cold  mines.
Education didn't count so much as what you had for mem'u
Like the[G] will to live an' a dream of better     times.
Daddy never took a hand out; we ate pinto beans and bacon,
But he w[D]orked to keep the wolf back from the d  oor.
And it only proves one thing to me,
When folks start bellyaching:
They don[G]'t make 'em like my Daddy any   more.
Repeat Chorus

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