When Daddy Was A Strong Man By Tracy Lawrence rmofle at satx.rr.com 3/14/2006 Drop D Tuning Picking pattern during verses while in D E-------------0-------2-------0----| D-----3---------0-------2-------0--| G---2---2---2-------2-------2------| D----------------------------------| A----------------------------------| E-0------0--------0-------0--------| D OLD MAN RED AT THE STORE WOULD LEAVE A NOTE ON THE DOOR D IT'D SAY "RAN TO THE HOUSE, BE BACK IN A FEW, LEAVE YOUR MONEY ON THE COUNTER" D IT WAS 26 CENTS FOR A COKE AND SOME GUM NOTHIN' NEVER GOT STOLE D YOU COULD TRUST EVERYONE, EVEN OUT-OF-TOWNERS Em A AND FOOTBALL WAS PLAYED FOR THE GAME Em A AND MUSIC WAS MADE FOR THE SONG Em A D WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE I MISSED A BIRD WITH A ROCK WITH MY NEW SLING SHOT BROKE A WINDOW WHERE I WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND THAT WAS BIG TROUBLE THERE WAS NOT POINT IN RUNNIN' OR TRYIN' TO LIE WAS IT WORTH SEEIN' ALL OF THAT SHAME IN DAD'S EYES OR WATCHIN' THAT BELT GET UNBUCKLED, NO WAY MOST EVERYONE PLAYED BY THE RULES RIGHT WAS RIGHT AND WRONG WAS WRONG WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE Chorus: G A OH IT'S CLEAR AS DAY HERE IN MY MIND G A A PICTURE OF A SIMPLER TIME G A Bm WISH CHANGE WOULD JUST LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE G THOSE DAYS ARE GONE NOW Em A D WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE NOW THIS BOY ON MY SHOULDER TELLS ALL HIS FRIENDS THAT I CAN BEAT UP THEIR DADS AND HIS MAMA'S THE PRETTIEST MAMA IN THE WORLD, AND SHE IS YEAH I THOUGHT THAT TOO WHEN I WAS HIS AGE DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG I KEPT THINKIN' THAT WAY BUT ONE THINGS FOR SURE HE'LL BE STANDING WHERE I AM ONE DAY BUT HIS MIND WILL BE SOMEWHERE BACK HOME WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE Chorus