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I'm Doing This For Daddy by Johnny Wright
I'm Doing This For Daddy
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D A E7 A A7
[Refrain]
D A E7 A
I'm doing this for daddy who's away in Vietnam
[Verse 1]
A D A
The bar room door swung open for a boy of eight or nine
E7
Who stood there checking faces, didn't waste much thought on mine
A D A
He saw the man and woman at a table all alone
D A E7 A
Then he said I've come here, stranger, just to bring my mommy home
[Chorus]
D A
I'm doing this for daddy who's away in Vietnam
D A E7
I know he wouldn't like it if he saw you holding mom
A D
So I must take her home with me 'cause that's where she belongs
A E7 A
I'm doing this for daddy who's away in Vietnam
[Instrumental Bridge]
D A E7 A A7
[Verse 2]
A D A
The stranger dropped his head as his pride drained through floor
E7
The child had cut him down with "don't you bother mom no more"
A D A
So now, sir, I'll be leavin' and I must take mom, you see
D A E7 A
I'm doing this for daddy, bet you he'd be proud of me
[Chorus]
D A
I'm doing this for daddy who's away in Vietnam
D A E7
I know he wouldn't like it if he saw you holding mom
A D
So I must take her home with me 'cause that's where she belongs
A E7 A
I'm doing this for daddy who's away in Vietnam
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