Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind — Confederate Railroad
Chords and lyrics for Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind by Confederate Railroad (key of G).
Verse 1
Single by Confederate Railroad from the album Notorious in 1994. It peaked
#9 in the US
and #7 in Canada.
[G]We were poor when I was a youngin'
I don't remember ever going hungry
[C]Daddy made sure we didn't do [G]without
I went to school with some of these fellas
They had money and I was jealous
[C]I didn't know then what I know [G]now
Daddy'd say you [D]can't judge a book by looking at its cover
It's [C]what's inside that really [D]matters
Chorus
Daddy never [C]was the Cadillac [G]kind
He said some [C]things just glitter and [D]shine
He taught us that [C]love was the [D]one thing [C]money couldn't [G]buy
Daddy never [C][D]was the Cadillac [G]kind
[G]I left home right out of high school
Bought me a big car thought I was real cool
[C]Cruisin' around the old [G]neighborhood
I'd see Dad after church on Sunday
I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday
[C]He just said no, I never [G]understood
He [D]asked me how I bought it, I told him on credit
[C]Daddy just smiled, I'll never [D]forget it
[Em]It took a while but now I'm grown
[C]I've settled down with kids of my own
The more I give them
The more they [D]want
[G]Daddy left us last November
I don't remember him ever looking better
[C]All laid out in his Sunday [G]best
I'm sure instead of all the attention
All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned
A [C]simple man simply laid to [G]rest
As they [D]drove him away in that big Cadillac
With a [C]tear in my eye I had to [D]laugh
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