Em C D
Yeah
Em Em
I know sometimes things may not
C
Always make sense to you right now
D Em
But hey,
Em
What daddy always tell you?
C D
Straighten up little soldier
Em Em
Stiffen up that upper lip
C D Em
What you crying about? You got me
Em
Hailie I know you miss your mom
C
And I know you miss your dad
D
Well Iʼm gone but Iʼm trying to give
Em
You the life that I never had
Em
I can see youʼre sad,
C
Even when you smile, even when you laugh
D
I can see it in your eyes,
Em
Deep inside you want to cry
Em
Cause youʼre scared, I ainʼt there?
C
Daddyʼs with you in your prayers
D
No more crying, wipe them tears,
Em
Daddyʼs here, no more nightmares
Em
We gonʼ pull together through it,
C D
We gonʼ do itʼ, laney uncles crazy, ainʼt he?
Em
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
Em
Weʼre all we got in this world
C
When it spins, when it swirls
D
When it whirls, when it twirls,
Em
Two little beautiful girls
Em
Lookinʼ puzzled, in a daze,
C
I know itʼs confusing you
D
Daddyʼs always on the move,
Em
Mamaʼs always on the news
Em
I try to keep you sheltered from it but
C
Somehow it seems the harder that
D
I try to do that, the more
Em
It backfires on me
Em
All the things growing up his daddy
C
That he had to see
D
Daddy donʼt want you to see
Em
But you see just as much as he did
Em
We did not plan it to be this way,
C
Your mother and me
D
But things have gotten so bad between us
Em
I donʼt see us ever being together ever again
Em C
Like we used to be when we were teenagers
D
But then of course everything
Em
Always happens for a reason
Em
I guess it was never meant to be
C
But itʼs just something
D
We have no control over
Em
And thatʼs what destiny is
Em
But no more worries,
C
Rest your head and go to sleep
D
Maybe one day weʼll wake up
Em
And this will all just be a dream
Chorus: Em C
Now hush little baby, donʼt you cry
D
Everythingʼs gonna be alright
Em Em
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
C D
Daddyʼs here to hold ya through the night
Em Em C
I know mommyʼs not here right now and we donʼt know why
D
We fear how we feel inside
Em Em
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
C D
But I promise mommaʼs gonʼ be alright
Em
Itʼs funny
Em C
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
D
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
Em
And stuck ʼem under the tree
Em
And said some of ʼem were from me,
C
Cause daddy couldnʼt buy ʼem
D
Iʼll never forget that Christmas I sat up
Em
The whole night crying
Em C
Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
D
But his job was to keep the food
Em
On the table for you and mom
Em C
And at the time every house that we lived in
D
Either kept getting broken into
Em
And robbed or shot up on the block
Em C
And your mom was saving money for you in a jar
D
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so
Em
You could go to college
Em
Almost had a thousand dollars
C
Till someone broke in and stole it
D Em
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your mommaʼs heart
Em
And it seemed like everything
C
Was just startinʼ to fall apart
D Em
Mom and dad was arguinʼ a lot so momma moved back
Em C
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
D Em
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
Em C
And thatʼs when daddy went to California with his CD
D Em
And met Dr. Dre and flew you and momma out to see me
Em C
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
D
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V.
Em
And momma didnʼt like it
Em C
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
D Em
Papa was a rollinʼ stone, momma developed a habit
Em
And it all happened too fast
C
For either one of us to grab it
D
Iʼm just sorry you were there
Em
And had to witness it first hand
Em C
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
D Em
Now Iʼm sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
Em C
Lookinʼ at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
D
To see how much you both have grown,
Em
Itʼs almost like youʼre sisters now
Em C
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddyʼs still here
D Em
Laney Iʼm talkinʼ to you too, daddyʼs still here
Em C
I like the sound of that, yeah, itʼs got a ring to it donʼt it?
D Em
Shh, mommaʼs only gone for the moment
Chorus: Em C
Now hush little baby, donʼt you cry
D
Everythingʼs gonna be alright
Em Em
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
C D
Daddyʼs here to hold ya through the night
Em Em C
I know mommyʼs not here right now and we donʼt know why
D
We fear how we feel inside
Em Em
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
C D
But I promise mommaʼs gonʼ be alright
Outro: Em Em
And if you ask me too Daddyʼs gonna buy
C
You a mockingbird
D
Iʼmma give you the world
Em Em
Iʼmma buy a diamond ring for you, Iʼmma sing for you
C D Em
Iʼll do anything for you to see you smile
Em
And if that mockingbird donʼt sing
C
And that ring donʼt shine
D
Iʼmma break that birdies neck
Em Em
Iʼll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
C D
And make him eat every carat donʼt fuck with dad
