Heaven Only Knows Chords by David Allan Coe

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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You [Dm] ain't daddy's [G] little girl anymore, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] isn't daddy a cryin' [G] shame?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
With [Dm] your dreams of _ [G] California, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
searching [Dm] for your wealth [G] and fame,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I can still see [F] the tear drops _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ streamin' down [G] your face.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I can still hear [F] you say, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
there's no future in [G] this place, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
so you [Dm] packed your [G] _
belongings _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
while [Dm] I stood and watched [G] you go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Why I never tried [F] to stop you, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ heaven only [G] knows. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [Dm] Through the years I got [G] some postcards, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] that is all that I [G] recall.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] Tellin' me that you were [G] happy, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
but [Dm] I never got [G] one call.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
You thought you knew [Am] all [F] the _ answers, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ when you were _ [G] seventeen.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ Someone just sent me [F] your picture, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
from some dirty _ _ [G] magazine.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
And [Dm] I've heard you made [G] some movies, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
that [Dm] I would not care [G] to see.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I just know how much [F] I love you, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
and that don't mean a thing [G] to me.
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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I guess [Dm] your brother felt [G] the same way, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
I could [Dm] not keep him on [G] the farm.
_ They _ _ _ [C] _ _
found [Dm] his body in [G] Chicago, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
with [Dm] a needle in [G] his arm.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I can still see [F] the tear drops _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ streamin' down [G] his face.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
I can still hear [F] him say, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
there's no future in this [G] place.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Why he [Dm] packed his [G] _ belongings, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
like you [Dm] once did long [G] ago. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Why I never tried [F] to stop him, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ heaven only [G] knows. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Now [Dm] I'm standing in this [G] graveyard, _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ where [Dm] we laid your mama [G] down. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ I [Dm] recall that _ [G] preacher's words now, _ _ _ [C] _ _ when [Dm] they put her in the [G] ground. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ It's your job to raise [F] these children, _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ and I try to do my [G] best. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ It's been ten years since we [F] lost her, _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ from that cancer in [G] her chest. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ And I can feel [F] the tear drops, _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ streamin' down [G] my face. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ Lately you know I've [F] been _ _ thinkin', _ _ _
[C] _ _ there's no future in this [G] place.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
And I [Dm] would pack my [G]
belongings, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
but I've [Dm] got no [G] place to go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Why the good Lord [F] doesn't take me, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ heaven _ only [G] knows.
_ But _ _ [C] _ _
you [Dm] ain't daddy's [G] little girl anymore, _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] isn't that a [C] crying shame. _ _
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