Daddy Cut My Hair Chords by Michael Kelly Blanchard

_ _ My, uh, _ my dad cut our hair.
_ _ _ Well, _ he didn't cut the girls' hair, they wouldn't let him, but he did cut the boys' hair. _ _
_ _ He was a guy like many guys that _ _ _ had trouble with _ _ getting close physically. _ _
Hugs _ were hard.
I don't know why, but they were hard. _ _ _
_ But he figured out something that is pretty obvious.
_ _ And that is that you can't cut hair from a distance. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You gotta get in close, _ _ _ _ real close.
_ So close _ _ you can hear him breathe.
_ _ _ So close you can hear his heart _ beat. _
_ _ _ And in that connection between _ a father and son, _ _ _ something passes. _ _ _
_ It isn't spoken, it's softer than a whisper.
It's [G#] _ [E] there, though. _ _
_ _ _ I love you, son. _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ _ [Em] Daddy [E] cut my hair.
_ [C#m] He didn't care for style. _
_ _ [A] He'd just [E] snip and snip, _
_ [F#m] sweep it in a pile.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [E] But I could not keep still.
_ [C#m] He'd understand. _ _
_ [A] Some things are [E] just known between [B] a boy [E] and a man. _ _ _ _
_ Right there in the [A] middle _ _ [E] of our kitchen's [C#m] cluttered floor.
_ [B] _
_ [A] _ In the middle [E] of the fifties, [F#m] in between a couple _ [B] wars.
[G#m] _
_ He'd get out [A] his old scorched sheet, [E] and he'd wrap it around [C#m] my neck. _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ And he would be [E] so close to me. _ _
[F#m] I'd smell the coffee on his [A] breath. _ _
_ _ _ He would be [E] so close to me.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Well, we had a falling out.
_ _ [C#m] _ Hanged if I know why. _
_ [A] But every time [E] I think on it, [F#m] there's water in my [B] eyes. _ _
_ _ [E] Said some awful words. _
[C#m] He ordered me to leave. _ _
[A] For years my sister [E] wrote about [B] how hard my mother [E] grieved. _ _ _ _
[G#m] Second tour [A] of duty, _ when [G#m] the thrill had all [C#m] been gone.
[B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ Started [E] giving haircuts [F#m] for my buddies there and I.
[B] _ _ _ [E] _
The wire [A] came on Friday, I was _
[E] cutting JoJo's hair.
_ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] We buried Mom on Wednesday. _ _
[F#m] Dad was happy I was [B] [G#m] there. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Buried Mom [E] on Wednesday.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#m] But he never did [B] remarry. _ _ _
[A] _ _ Traveled [E] quite a bit. _
[F#m] He was a father still some [E] distance.
But he [F#m] was a grandpa quite a [B] hit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The [E] stroke was unexpected. _
_ _ [F#m] There's so much to [E]
relearn.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] He gets around with [E] just a cane. _ _ _
_ [A] _ But his speech _ has not _ [B] returned. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now, _ [E] I cut Daddy's hair.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] He still don't care for style.
_ _ _ [A]
I snip and snip [E] the memories. _
[F#m] _ Sweep them in a [B] pile. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] I don't say a word.
_ _ _ [C#m] He smiles when I'm done.
_ _ _ [A] Some things are just [E] known _ [B] between a father and [E] his son.
_ _ _ _ [G#m] Right there in [A] the middle _ of [E] our kitchen's [C#m] cluttered floor.
_ [B] _ _ [A] In my middle [E] forties, _ [F#m] well I feel the ache once [B] more.
_ [G#m] For all the [A] years our anger _ [G#m] kept us far [C#m] apart.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A]
Thank God that there's [E] forgiveness _ _ to [F#m] _ men of broken [G#m] heart.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Thank God that [E] there's forgiveness. _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ He'd get out his [A] old scorch sheet.
[E] And he'd wrap it around [C#m] my neck.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ He would be so [E] close to me.
_ _ I'd [F#] smell the coffee on his [E] breath.
[G#m] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ He would be [G#m] so close to me.
_ [F#m] _ _
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I _ _ _ _ _ love you, Dad. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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