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Big Daddy Chords

Music by: Talking Heads
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[Intro 1]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am]

[Verse 1]
She had such [Am]tiny
[D]tears[G][D]
Just like [Am]a Barbie [D]doll[G][D]
She likes [Am]to shop at [D]Sears[G][D]
And vis[Am]it shopping [D]malls
Now she's [Am]a big mamma
Tell poppa
[D]Cry, [Am]cry, cry, cry[D][Am][G][C]

[Verse 2]
Old [Am]Money[D]
[Am]Old [G]mone[C]y do[Am]esn't
matter [G]now
[Am]Have [D]mercy[Dsus4]
[Am]Mercy, [G]mer[C]cy,
[Am]daddy's going [D]fishing now
[Am]He p[G]ut the b[C]ait onto[Am] his line[D]
[Am]An d[G] he's winding out
his [C]reel[Am][D][Am]
[G]Fish are swimmin[C]g in [Am]the pond[D][Am]
[C]Let 'em sail awa[Am]y
[G][Am][D][Am][D]

[Verse 3]
He's got [Am]his eye on [D]you
[Am]He knows just what she w[D]ants
The fish [Am]is gonna bi[D]te
She is [Am]his latest catch
'Cause he's a Big Daddy
Oh, mammy
Cry, cry, cry, [G]cry
[C]Big

[Verse 4]
[Am]Daddy[D]
[Am]Oh, [C]dadd[Am]y's scrap
[D]ing bottom [Am]now[G]
[C]Oh, [Am]momma[D]
[Am]Daddy, daddy, daddy does the talking now
[G]Mesmer[C]ized like hor[Am]ny toa[D]ds
[Am]By shiny things like jewels and gold
[G]Throwing[C] all their pea[Am]rls to swine
[G]Let 'em sail away
[Am]

[Verse 5]
You [C]lucky [Am]dog[G]
[Am]You'll be on Easy Street
Drinking [C]cham[Am]pagne[G]
[Am]She gets[D] a[Am]ll that sh[D]e wants[Am]
His heart's desire
No [D]more wor[Am]ries anymore
[C]Like a fairy [Am]tale[D][Am]

[Interlude 1]
Anything that she likes
[Am][D]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D]
[Am]I seen you do the

[Verse 6]
[G]dog[Am]
I seen you getting [D]down
[Am]A swimming back and [C]forth[Am][D]
[Am]When daddy's not around
[C][Am]

[Verse 7]
[G]
[C]Big [Am]Daddy
[C]Oh, she's [Am]pretty as a
picture [D]now[Am][G]
[C]Oh, [Am]momma[D]
[Am]Oh, [C]what[Am] a little martyr now
[G]He [C]knows how [Am]to drive 'em wi[D]ld[Am]
[G]What do [C]you'd think she'd see
[Am]Say [D]ing [Am]"This is mi[C]ne
and this is [Dsus4]her s.[D][Am]
[G]Now take [C]that stuff away"
[Am][D]

[Verse 8]
[Am]
[G]Best [C]left uns[Am]poken[D][Am]
[C]One and one is [Am]two
[D]The [C]vel[Am]vet l[G]ies si[C]ng softl[Am]y
[C]Each with a [Am]golden spoon
[C]An [Am]d she[D] pas[G]sed her time[Am]
in the wind [D]and the rain
[Am]Got a one [G]way ticket o[Am]n
a Southbound [D]train
[Am]Said [G]baby, [Am]baby,
wants to have [D]a good time
[Am]And Big Dadd[G]y laughed
[Am]And Big Daddy smil[D]ed[Am]
[C]Like dynam

[Verse 9]
[Am]ite[Dm]
[Am]One [D]fine d[Am]ay she'll exp[D]lode
[Am]Who's laughing n[C]ow?[Am][Dm][C]
[Am]No one s[C]ees [Am]anymore
[C]Sneak [Am]in and o[D]ut[C]
[Am]Don'[C]t get [Am]caught
[D]run[Am]ning 'round
Swim back and [D]forth[C]
[Am]Bubb[C]les floa[Am]t to t[D]he t[Am]op

[Outro 1]
[Am][G][C][Am][D]
[Am][Am][C][Am][D][Am][Am][C][Am]
[Am][Am]
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