Mockingbird

Cm   G#  YeahA#    Cm​
I Know SometimesCm Things May 
NG#ot Always Make Sense To 
You Right NoA#w   Cm​
But HeyCm, What Daddy 
Always Tell You?G#​
Straighten A#Up Little SoldierCm, Stiffen 
Up That CmUpper LiG#p
What You Crying AboutA#? You 
Got MeCm​

Hailie I KnCmow You Miss Your 
Mom And I KnoG#w You Miss Your Dad
Well I'm GA#one But I'm Trying To 
Give You The LiCmfe That I Never Had
I Can SCmee You're Sad, Even When 
You SmiG#le, Even When You Laugh
A#I Can See It In Your Eyes, 
DeCmep Inside You Want To Cry
CCmause You're Scared, I Ain't 
There? DaG#ddy's With You In Your Prayers
NA#o More Crying, Wipe Them Tears, 
DaCmddy's Here, No More Nightmares
WCme Gon' Pull Together Through It, 
WeG# Gon' Do It'
Laney Uncles CrA#azy, Ain't He? Yeah But 
He LoCmves You Girl And You Better Know It
WCme're All We Got In This World 
WheG#n It Spins, When It Swirls
WhA#en It Whirls, When It TwCmirls, 
Two Little Beautiful Girls
LCmookin' Puzzled, In A Daze, 
I KnoG#w It's Confusing You
DA#addy's Always On The Move, 
MaCmma's Always On The News
I TrCmy To Keep You Sheltered From 
It BuG#t Somehow It Seems
The Harder ThA#at I Try To Do That, 
The MoCmre It Backfires On Me
All The ThCmings Growing Up His 
Daddy ThaG#t He Had To See
Daddy DA#on't Want You To See But 
You SeCme Just As Much As He Did
We Did NCmot Plan It To Be This Way, 
Your MoG#ther And Me
But Things Have GA#otten So Bad Between Us 
I Don't SeCme Us Ever Being 
TogetherCm Ever Again
Like We G#Used To Be When 
We Were TeenagA#ers
But Then Of CCmourse Everything Always 
Happens For A ReasoCmn, I Guess 
It Was Never MeaG#nt To Be
But It's Just Something WA#e Have 
No Control Over And ThaCmt's What Destiny Is
Cm But No More Worries, Rest 
 Your HeG#ad And Go To Sleep
Maybe A#One Day We'll Wake Up 
And This Will ACmll Just Be A Dream

Now HCmush Little Baby, G#Don't You Cry
EverythA#ing's Gonna Be AlrCmight
Stiffen That Upper Lip CmUp Little 
Lady, I ToG#ld Ya
Daddy's Here To HA#old Ya Through 
The NiCmght
I Know Mommy's Not HCmere Right Now 
And We DoG#n't Know Why
We FA#ear How We Feel InsCmide
It May Seem A Little CrCmazy, Pretty G#Baby
But I Promise MA#omma's Gon' Be AlrCmight


It's Funny
CmI Remember Back One Year 
When DaG#ddy Had No Money
Mommy WrA#apped The Christmas Presents 
Up And StuCmck 'Em Under The Tree 
And Said SCmome Of 'Em Were From Me, 
Cause DaG#ddy Couldn't Buy 'Em
I'll NA#ever Forget That Christmas 
I SaCmt Up The Whole Night Crying
Cause Daddy FCmelt Like A Bum, 
See DaG#ddy Had A Job
But His JA#ob Was To Keep The 
FoCmod On The Table For You And Mom
And At The TCmime Every G#House That We Lived In
Either Kept Getting BrA#oken Into 
And RoCmbbed Or Shot Up On The Block 
And Your MCmom Was Saving G#Money For You In A Jar
Tryna StA#art A Piggy Bank For 
You So YoCmu Could Go To College
Almost HCmad A Thousand Dollars 
TiG#ll Someone Broke In And Stole It
And I KnA#ow It Hurt So Bad 
It BroCmke Your Momma's Heart
And It SCmeemed Like Everything 
Was Just StaG#rtin' To Fall Apart
MA#om And Dad Was Arguin' 
A LoCmt So Momma Moved Back
On The ChCmalmers In The 
FlaG#t One Bedroom Apartment
And DA#ad Moved Back To The 
Other SiCmde Of 8 Mile On Novara
And ThCmat's When Daddy Went 
To CalifoG#rnia With His Cd 
And Met DA#r  Dre And Flew 
YoCmu And Momma Out To See Me
But DCmaddy Had To Work, G#You And Momma Had To Leave Me
Then You StA#arted Seeing 
Daddy OCmn The T V   
And Momma Didn't LCmike It And 
You And LaG#ney Were To Young To Understand It
PA#apa Was A Rollin' Stone, 
MoCmmma Developed A Habit
And It CmAll Happened Too 
FaG#st For Either One Of Us To Grab It
A#I'm Just Sorry You Were 
TheCmre And Had To Witness It First Hand
Cause CmAll I Ever Wanted 
To DoG# Was Just Make You Proud
NA#ow I'm Sitting In This 
CmEmpty House, Just Reminiscing
LCmookin' At Your Baby 
PictuG#res, It Just Trips Me Out
To See How MA#uch You Both Have Grown, 
It's ACmlmost Like You're Sisters Now
Cm Wow, Guess You PG#retty Much 
 Are And Daddy's Still Here A#​
Laney I'm Talkin' TCmo You Too, Daddy's Still Here
CmI Like The Sound Of That, G#Yeah, 
It's Got A Ring To It DoA#n't It?
Shh, Momma's Only GCmone For The Moment

Now HCmush Little Baby, G#Don't You Cry
EverythA#ing's Gonna Be AlrCmight
Stiffen That Upper Lip CmUp Little 
Lady, I ToG#ld Ya
Daddy's Here To HA#old Ya 
Through The NCmight
I Know Mommy's Not HCmere Right 
Now And We DoG#n't Know Why
We FA#ear How We Feel InsCmide
It May Seem A Little CrCmazy, 
Pretty BaG#by
But I Promise MA#omma's 
Gon' Be AlriCmght

And If You Ask Me Too DCmaddy's 
Gonna Buy You A MG#ockingbird
A#I'mma Give You The WCmorld
I'mma Buy A Diamond RCming For You, 
I'mma SiG#ng For You
I'll Do Anything FA#or You 
To See You SmiCmle
And If That MockingbCmird Don't 
Sing And That RiG#ng Don't Shine
I'mma BrA#eak That Birdies NCmeck
I'll Go Back To The JCmeweler 
Who Sold It ToG# Ya
And Make Him Eat Every CA#arat Don't 
Fck  With DCmad Ha Ha