Tom: C
C
[Chorus]
Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
C F G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
Am Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
Dm Am F G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
C G C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
[Verse]
Am
When she waved him off to war, she didn’t tell him then
F C
About the child she carried soon to come
Am
And as he sailed away, she cried for him and prayed
F C G
For his safe returning when the fight was won
[Verse]
Am Em
But the summer turned to winter and winter soon was gone
F G C
As she patiently would wait for him alone
Am Em
And the child that grew within her, so proud in spring was born
F G C G7
But my daddy never made the journey home
[Chorus]
C Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
C F G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
Am Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
Dm Am F G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
C G C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
[Verse]
Am
Then I grew so strong and tall, my hair was flaxen gold
F C
But mother’s hair had turned to silver grey
Am
And though she’d give a smile and laugh with me awhile
F C
I knew she still remembered yesterday
[Verse]
Am Em
I would see her at the window, a-gazin’ down the road
F G C
With a crumpled, faded letter in her hand
Am Em
And she’d tell me with her eyes all the sadness of goodbyes
F G C G7
From a summertime when once my life began
[Chorus]
C Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
C F G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
Am Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
Dm Am F G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
C G C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
[Chorus]
Am
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
C F G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
Am Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
Dm Am F G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
C G C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
