Daddy Is a Trooper Chords by John Edmond

_ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
Way back [Fm] in _ [F#] _ [C#] 1869, [F#] my great [G#]-granddad [C#] was born, _
_ _ And he [Fm] took [F#] his infant [C#] steps [F#] upon [G#] a [C#] British lawn.
_ _ [D#] _ The gypsy woman _ [G#] always said [F#] he'd be a [G#] roving lad,
[F#] _ [C#] And she was [G#] right, [F#] for [C#] Africa [F#] called to my [G#] great [C#] _
-granddad.
Now Grandpa [Fm] saw [F#] the light [C#] of day [F#] in _ [G#] _ [C#] 1893,
_ [G#] _ [C#] And he [Fm] was raised [F#] on old [C#] blue ground [F#] of [G#] dusty _ [C#]
Kimberley.
_ _ [D#] But great-granddad was fighting in [F#] the Bat-a [G#]-Billy war,
_ [C#] And [G#] here's the song [F#] my great [C#] _ [F#]-grandmother sang [G#] to my [C#]
Grandpa,
[G#] _ [C#] Daddy _ [G#] _ [F#] is a [C#] trooper, _ [F#] he's [G#] many [C#] miles away,
_ [F#] _ Go to [C#] sleep and don't you weep [D#] while Mother [G#] kneels to pray.
_ [C#] _ [G#] Daddy [F#] is a [C#] trooper, [F#] oh [G#] Lord be with [C#] him now,
_ _ [F#] _ Shine your [C#] light on him [A#] tonight, [F#] and keep [G#] him safe [C#]
somehow.
[G#] _ [C#] And then [Fm] in _ [F#] _
[C#] 1917, [F#] my [G#] father [C#] breathed his first,
_ But [Fm] Grandpa [F#] was at war [C#] in France, [F#] with [G#] fighting [C#] at its worst.
_ _ [D#] _ And in the [G#] mud and gas and blood [F#] of World War Number [G#]
One,
_ _ [C#] He seemed [D#] to [F#] hear my Grandma [C#] singing [F#] to [G#] her [C#] little son,
[D#] _ Well I [Fm] was born [F#]
in [C#] 43, _ [F#] and [G#] father [C#] never knew,
[G#] _ _ [C#] A [Fm] loyal [F#] soldier of [C#] the King [F#] in World [G#] War Number [C#]
Two.
_ _ [D#] _ The living [G#] days were hard for us, [F#] and waiting was [G#] so long,
_ [C#] But Mother [G#] always [F#]
used [C#] to smile [F#] and sing [G#] this [C#] little [G#] song,
_ [C#] _ [G#] Daddy [F#] is a [C#] trooper, [F#] he's [G#] many [C#] miles away,
_ [F#] _ Go to [C#] sleep and don't you weep [D#] while Mother _ [G#] kneels to pray.
_ _ [C#] _ Daddy [F#] is a [A#m] trooper, [F#] oh Lord [G#] be with him [C#]
now,
_ _ [F#] _ Shine your light [C#] on him [A#m] tonight, [F#] and keep [G#] him safe somehow.
_ _ [C#] Somewhere [Fm] in North [F#] _
[C#] Rhodesia [F#] in _ [G#] _ [C#] 1973,
_ [D#] _ [C#] I had the [Fm] news, [F#] a little [C#] baby [F#] son [G#] was born [C#] to me.
_ _ [D#] His mother sang [G#] a _ lullaby, [F#] I'm sure I've heard [G#]
before,
_ [C#] For it's been [G#] flowing [F#]
in [C#] our veins [F#] a hundred [G#] years [C#] or more,
[G#] _ _ [C#] Daddy [G#] _ [F#] is a [C#] trooper, [F#] he's many [G#] miles [C#]
away,
_ _ [F#] Go to [C#] sleep and don't you [D#] weep while Mother kneels [G#] to pray.
_ _ [C#] _ [G#] Daddy is [F#] a [C#] trooper, [F#] oh Lord be with [C#] him now.
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