Chords for Daddy Played the Banjo
Tempo:
89.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
Daddy played the banjo [D] neath the yellow tree
[A] It rang across [E] the backyard, an old time melody
I loved to hear the [F#m] music, [A] I was only [D] five
[A] I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive
Sometimes I'd wake up at night and hear a [B] distant tune
The [A] banjo would echo round my childhood [E] room
[A] I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy [D] never knew
I'd grab a broom and make believe I [A] was picking too
[E] One day Daddy put my [A] fingers down upon the strings
[E] He picked it with his other [A] hand, we made the [E] banjo ring
[B] [A] Now the music takes me back across the [D] yellowed age
To the summers with my [E] Dad and the [A] tunes he played
[F#m] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] But I'm just telling lies about the things [D] I did
[Bm] See [A] I'm that banjo player who never had a [E] kid
[A] Now I sit beneath that yellow [D] tree
[A] Hoping that a kid somewhere is listening to me
Daddy played the banjo neath the yellow [Bm] tree
[A] It rang across the backyard and wove a [E] spell on me
[A] Now the banjo takes me back through the [D] foggy haze
Where [A] memories of what never was become the good old days
[D]
[D] [A]
[A]
[D]
[A]
Daddy played the banjo [D] neath the yellow tree
[A] It rang across [E] the backyard, an old time melody
I loved to hear the [F#m] music, [A] I was only [D] five
[A] I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive
Sometimes I'd wake up at night and hear a [B] distant tune
The [A] banjo would echo round my childhood [E] room
[A] I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy [D] never knew
I'd grab a broom and make believe I [A] was picking too
[E] One day Daddy put my [A] fingers down upon the strings
[E] He picked it with his other [A] hand, we made the [E] banjo ring
[B] [A] Now the music takes me back across the [D] yellowed age
To the summers with my [E] Dad and the [A] tunes he played
[F#m] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] But I'm just telling lies about the things [D] I did
[Bm] See [A] I'm that banjo player who never had a [E] kid
[A] Now I sit beneath that yellow [D] tree
[A] Hoping that a kid somewhere is listening to me
Daddy played the banjo neath the yellow [Bm] tree
[A] It rang across the backyard and wove a [E] spell on me
[A] Now the banjo takes me back through the [D] foggy haze
Where [A] memories of what never was become the good old days
[D]
[D] [A]
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A
D
E
F#m
B
A
D
E
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Daddy played the banjo [D] neath the yellow tree
_ [A] It rang across [E] the backyard, an old time melody
_ I loved to hear the [F#m] music, [A] I was only [D] five
_ [A] I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive
_ Sometimes I'd wake up at night and hear a [B] distant tune
The [A] banjo would echo round my childhood [E] room
_ [A] I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy [D] never knew
I'd grab a broom and make believe I [A] was picking too
_ [E] One day Daddy put my [A] fingers down upon the strings
[E] He picked it with his other [A] hand, we made the [E] banjo ring _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] Now the music takes me back across the [D] yellowed age
_ To the summers with my [E] Dad and the [A] tunes he played _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ But I'm just telling lies about the things [D] I did
_ [Bm] See _ [A] I'm that banjo player who never had a [E] kid
_ _ _ _ [A] Now I sit beneath that yellow [D] tree _ _
[A] Hoping that a kid somewhere is listening to me _
Daddy played the banjo neath the yellow [Bm] tree _
[A] It rang across the backyard and wove a [E] spell on me
_ [A] Now the banjo takes me back through the [D] foggy haze
Where [A] memories of what never was become the good old days _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Daddy played the banjo [D] neath the yellow tree
_ [A] It rang across [E] the backyard, an old time melody
_ I loved to hear the [F#m] music, [A] I was only [D] five
_ [A] I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive
_ Sometimes I'd wake up at night and hear a [B] distant tune
The [A] banjo would echo round my childhood [E] room
_ [A] I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy [D] never knew
I'd grab a broom and make believe I [A] was picking too
_ [E] One day Daddy put my [A] fingers down upon the strings
[E] He picked it with his other [A] hand, we made the [E] banjo ring _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] Now the music takes me back across the [D] yellowed age
_ To the summers with my [E] Dad and the [A] tunes he played _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ But I'm just telling lies about the things [D] I did
_ [Bm] See _ [A] I'm that banjo player who never had a [E] kid
_ _ _ _ [A] Now I sit beneath that yellow [D] tree _ _
[A] Hoping that a kid somewhere is listening to me _
Daddy played the banjo neath the yellow [Bm] tree _
[A] It rang across the backyard and wove a [E] spell on me
_ [A] Now the banjo takes me back through the [D] foggy haze
Where [A] memories of what never was become the good old days _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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