For My Daughter Chords

CAPO: 1st FRET (C#)

INTRO:
                  C Am  Am F G C
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---0-2-0-------
A -3-------3-3-3-
E ---------------



VERSE:
C                C                   
Someone to play catch with out in the 
    Am
backyard
                F                           
To pick up the pieces of your €…first broken 
C
heart
C              C                      
Someone to say slow down when you turn 
   Am
sixteen
                           F
Yeah, I grew up without a dad,
                  G             C
I'm gonna be the best one I can be


VERSE:
C                    C                      
Someone to scare the monsters, when it's dark
         Am
in your room
                     F                      
Someone to put their foot down when you want 
     C
a tattoo
C                  C                     
And not just say I love you, but show you 
        Am
what it means
                          F                
Yeah, I grew up without a dad, I'm gonna be 
    G             C
the best one I can be


CHORUS:
C        F                                 
They say dads are supposed to shape you and 
     C
in a way I guess mine did
        Am                     G
I knew what I wouldn't do if I ever had a kid
          F
They say history repeats itself
          C          G     Am
Well, I guess that's up to me
Am          G             F                
Yeah, I grew up without a dad, I'm gonna be 
    G             C
the best one I can be


VERSE:
C                  C                      
Someone to let you fall down and teach you 
           Am
how to get back up
                     F                      
Teach you how to be sweet like your mamma and
            C
how to be tough
C                   C                   
Yeah, I'll never be perfect, but sure as 
                Am
those lines are pink
                          F                
Yeah, I grew up without a dad, I'm gonna be 
    G             C
the best one I can be


CHORUS:
C        F                                  
They say dads are supposed to shape you in a 
C
way I guess mine did
        Am                     G
I knew what I wouldn't do if I ever had a kid
          F
They say history repeats itself
          C          G     Am
Well, I guess that's up to me
Am          G             F                
Yeah, I grew up without a dad, I'm gonna be 
    G             C
the best one I can be


INSTRUMENTAL:
C  F  C  G  Am  G

     F                                 C   
Yeah, I can't change the past, but the past 
    G           Am       G
has sure changed me mm mm mm
            Em            F                
Yeah, I grew up without a dad, I'm gonna be 
    G             C
the best one I can be
                      F                   
I said I'm gonna be a dad and I'm gonna be 
    G             C   G  Am
the best one I can be


OUTRO
Am                 F  G  C
The best one I can be
C
Love you, baby girl