Daddy Laid The Blues On Me - Bobbie Cryner [Verse 1] Way [C] back in their younger days, when they were running [G] wild My [G] daddy had a dream, and Momma had a [C] child He said "[C] Girl you can't be tying me down, I'm only [F] seventeen And a [D7] man's gotta get around, if you know what I [G] mean." Then my [C] Momma said, "Go on, as she stood and [F] cried And my Daddy said, "I'm gone. I gotta live my life." |[Chorus] |And I was [C] born one summer night |When the world loved Patsy [F] Cline |I was [G] raised by the tracks, in a tar-paper shack |On the Georgia-Alabama line |Momma [C] taught me how to play and sing |And we headed up to [F] Tennessee |[G] Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll |But Daddy laid the blues on [C] me [Verse 2] Well I [C] signed that dotted line, and I climbed my way to being a [G] star When I [G] ran across my Daddy in a downtown Tallahassee [C] bar He said, [C] "Girl there ain't no life on the road, you better come [F] with me." I said "Dad, [D7] I gotta get around if you know [G] what I mean." Daddy [C] said "Come on", with a tear in his [F] eye I said, [G] "Sorry Daddy, I'm gone!, I gotta live my [C] life" |[Chorus] x2 |And I was [C] born one summer night |When the world loved Patsy [F] Cline |I was [G] raised by the tracks, in a tar-paper shack |On the Georgia-Alabama line |Momma [C] taught me how to play and sing |And we headed up to [F] Tennessee |[G] Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll |But Daddy laid the blues on [C] me [Outro] Yeah, [G] Momma sold my soul on country rock and roll But Daddy laid the blues on [C] me