Mockingbird

Dm   A#  YeahC   Dm​
I Know SometimesDm Things May 
NA#ot Always Make Sense To 
You Right NoCw  Dm​
But HeyDm, What Daddy 
Always Tell You?A#​
Straighten CUp Little SoldieDmr, Stiffen 
Up That DmUpper LiA#p
What You Crying AboutC? You 
Got MeDm​

Hailie I KnDmow You Miss Your 
Mom And I KnoA#w You Miss Your Dad
Well I'm GCone But I'm Trying To 
Give You The LiDmfe That I Never Had
I Can SDmee You're Sad, Even When 
You SmiA#le, Even When You Laugh
CI Can See It In Your Eyes, 
DeDmep Inside You Want To Cry
CDmause You're Scared, I Ain't 
There? DaA#ddy's With You In Your Prayers
NCo More Crying, Wipe Them Tears, 
DaDmddy's Here, No More Nightmares
WDme Gon' Pull Together Through It, 
WeA# Gon' Do It'
Laney Uncles CrCazy, Ain't He? Yeah But 
He LoDmves You Girl And You Better Know It
WDme're All We Got In This World 
WheA#n It Spins, When It Swirls
WhCen It Whirls, When It TDmwirls, 
Two Little Beautiful Girls
LDmookin' Puzzled, In A Daze, 
I KnoA#w It's Confusing You
DCaddy's Always On The Move, 
MaDmma's Always On The News
I TrDmy To Keep You Sheltered From 
It BuA#t Somehow It Seems
The Harder ThCat I Try To Do That, 
The MoDmre It Backfires On Me
All The ThDmings Growing Up His 
Daddy ThaA#t He Had To See
Daddy DCon't Want You To See But 
You SeDme Just As Much As He Did
We Did NDmot Plan It To Be This Way, 
Your MoA#ther And Me
But Things Have GCotten So Bad Between Us 
I Don't SeDme Us Ever Being 
TogetherDm Ever Again
Like We A#Used To Be When 
We Were TeenagCers
But Then Of CDmourse Everything Always 
Happens For A ReasoDmn, I Guess 
It Was Never MeaA#nt To Be
But It's Just Something WCe Have 
No Control Over And ThaDmt's What Destiny Is
Dm But No More Worries, Rest 
 Your HeA#ad And Go To Sleep
Maybe COne Day We'll Wake Up 
And This Will ADmll Just Be A Dream

Now HDmush Little Baby, A#Don't You Cry
EverythCing's Gonna Be AlDmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip DmUp Little 
Lady, I ToA#ld Ya
Daddy's Here To HCold Ya Through 
The NiDmght
I Know Mommy's Not HDmere Right Now 
And We DoA#n't Know Why
We FCear How We Feel InDmside
It May Seem A Little CrDmazy, Pretty A#Baby
But I Promise MComma's Gon' Be AlDmright


It's Funny
DmI Remember Back One Year 
When DaA#ddy Had No Money
Mommy WrCapped The Christmas Presents 
Up And StuDmck 'Em Under The Tree 
And Said SDmome Of 'Em Were From Me, 
Cause DaA#ddy Couldn't Buy 'Em
I'll NCever Forget That Christmas 
I SaDmt Up The Whole Night Crying
Cause Daddy FDmelt Like A Bum, 
See DaA#ddy Had A Job
But His JCob Was To Keep The 
FoDmod On The Table For You And Mom
And At The TDmime Every A#House That We Lived In
Either Kept Getting BrCoken Into 
And RoDmbbed Or Shot Up On The Block 
And Your MDmom Was Saving A#Money For You In A Jar
Tryna StCart A Piggy Bank For 
You So YoDmu Could Go To College
Almost HDmad A Thousand Dollars 
TiA#ll Someone Broke In And Stole It
And I KnCow It Hurt So Bad 
It BroDmke Your Momma's Heart
And It SDmeemed Like Everything 
Was Just StaA#rtin' To Fall Apart
MCom And Dad Was Arguin' 
A LoDmt So Momma Moved Back
On The ChDmalmers In The 
FlaA#t One Bedroom Apartment
And DCad Moved Back To The 
Other SiDmde Of 8 Mile On Novara
And ThDmat's When Daddy Went 
To CalifoA#rnia With His Cd 
And Met DCr  Dre And Flew 
YoDmu And Momma Out To See Me
But DDmaddy Had To Work, A#You And Momma Had To Leave Me
Then You StCarted Seeing 
Daddy ODmn The T V   
And Momma Didn't LDmike It And 
You And LaA#ney Were To Young To Understand It
PCapa Was A Rollin' Stone, 
MoDmmma Developed A Habit
And It DmAll Happened Too 
FaA#st For Either One Of Us To Grab It
CI'm Just Sorry You Were 
TheDmre And Had To Witness It First Hand
Cause DmAll I Ever Wanted 
To DoA# Was Just Make You Proud
NCow I'm Sitting In This 
DmEmpty House, Just Reminiscing
LDmookin' At Your Baby 
PictuA#res, It Just Trips Me Out
To See How MCuch You Both Have Grown, 
It's ADmlmost Like You're Sisters Now
Dm Wow, Guess You PA#retty Much 
 Are And Daddy's Still Here C​
Laney I'm Talkin' TDmo You Too, Daddy's Still Here
DmI Like The Sound Of That, A#Yeah, 
It's Got A Ring To It DoCn't It?
Shh, Momma's Only GDmone For The Moment

Now HDmush Little Baby, A#Don't You Cry
EverythCing's Gonna Be AlDmright
Stiffen That Upper Lip DmUp Little 
Lady, I ToA#ld Ya
Daddy's Here To HCold Ya 
Through The NDmight
I Know Mommy's Not HDmere Right 
Now And We DoA#n't Know Why
We FCear How We Feel InDmside
It May Seem A Little CrDmazy, 
Pretty BaA#by
But I Promise MComma's 
Gon' Be AlriDmght

And If You Ask Me Too DDmaddy's 
Gonna Buy You A MA#ockingbird
CI'mma Give You The DmWorld
I'mma Buy A Diamond RDming For You, 
I'mma SiA#ng For You
I'll Do Anything FCor You 
To See You SmiDmle
And If That MockingbDmird Don't 
Sing And That RiA#ng Don't Shine
I'mma BrCeak That Birdies DmNeck
I'll Go Back To The JDmeweler 
Who Sold It ToA# Ya
And Make Him Eat Every CCarat Don't 
Fck  With DDmad Ha Ha