Tone: [Em]
[Em] [C] Yeah[D]Yeah [Em]
I know sometimes[Em] things may n[C]ot always make sense to you right n[D]ow [Em]
But hey[Em]hey, what daddy always tell you?[C]you?
Straighten [D]up little soldier[Em]soldier, stiffen up that [Em]upper lip[C]lip
What you crying about[D]about? You got m[Em]me
Hailie I kn[Em]know you miss your mom and I kn[C]know you miss your dad
Well I'm g[D]gone but I'm trying to give you the l[Em]life that I never had
I can s[Em]see you're sad, even when you sm[C]smile, even when you laugh
[D]I can see it in your eyes, d[Em]deep inside you want to cry
C[Em]Cause you're scared, I ain't there? D[C]Daddy's with you in your prayers
N[D]No more crying, wipe them tears, d[Em]daddy's here, no more nightmares
W[Em]We gon' pull together through it, w[C]we gon' do it'
Laney uncles cr[D]crazy, ain't he? Yeah but he l[Em]loves you girl and you better know it
W[Em]We're all we got in this world wh[C]when it spins, when it swirls
Wh[D]When it whirls, when it tw[Em]twirls, two little beautiful girls
L[Em]Lookin' puzzled, in a daze, I kn[C]know it's confusing you
D[D]Daddy's always on the move, m[Em]mama's always on the news
I tr[Em]try to keep you sheltered from it b[C]but somehow it seems
The harder th[D]that I try to do that, the m[Em]more it backfires on me
All the th[Em]things growing up his daddy th[C]that he had to see
Daddy d[D]don't want you to see but you s[Em]see just as much as he did
We did n[Em]not plan it to be this way, your m[C]mother and me
But things have g[D]otten so bad between us I don't s[Em]ee us ever being togeth[Em]er ever again
Like we [C]used to be when we were teenag[D]teenagers
But then of c[Em]ourse everything always
happens for a reas[Em]on, I guess it was never m[C]eant to be
But it's just something w[D]we have no control over and th[Em]that's what destiny is
[Em] But no more worries, rest your h[C]head and go to sleep
Maybe [D]one day we'll wake up and this will [Em]all just be a dream
Now h[Em]hush little baby, d[C]don't you cry
Everyth[D]Everything's gonna be alr[Em]alright
Stiffen that upper lip [Em]up little lady, I t[C]told ya
Daddy's here to h[D]hold ya through the n[Em]night
I know mommy's not h[Em]here right now and we d[C]don't know why
We f[D]fear how we feel ins[Em]inside
It may seem a little cr[Em]crazy, pretty b[C]baby
But I promise m[D]momma's gon' be alr[Em]alright
It's funny
[Em]I remember back one year when d[C]daddy had no money
Mommy wr[D]wrapped the Christmas presents up and st[Em]stuck 'em under the tree
And said s[Em]some of 'em were from me, cause d[C]daddy couldn't buy 'em
I'll n[D]never forget that Christmas I s[Em]sat up the whole night crying
Cause daddy f[Em]felt like a bum, see d[C]daddy had a job
But his j[D]job was to keep the f[Em]food on the table for you and mom
And at the t[Em]time every h[C]house that we lived in
Either kept getting br[D]broken into and r[Em]robbed or shot up on the block
And your m[Em]mom was saving m[C]money for you in a jar
Tryna st[D]start a piggy bank for you so y[Em]you could go to college
Almost h[Em]had a thousand dollars t[C]till someone broke in and stole it
And I kn[D]know it hurt so bad it br[Em]broke your momma's heart
And it s[Em]seemed like everything was just st[C]startin' to fall apart
M[D]Mom and dad was arguin' a l[Em]lot so momma moved back
On the Ch[Em]Chalmers in the fl[C]flat one bedroom apartment
And d[D]dad moved back to the other s[Em]side of 8 Mile on Novara
And th[Em]that's when daddy went to Calif[C]California with his CD
And met D[D]Dr. Dre and flew y[Em]you and momma out to see me
But d[Em]daddy had to work, y[C]you and momma had to leave me
Then you st[D]started seeing daddy [Em]on the T.V.
And momma didn't l[Em]like it and you and L[C]Laney were to young to understand it
P[D]Papa was a rollin' stone, m[Em]momma developed a habit
And it [Em]all happened too f[C]fast for either one of us to grab it
[D]I'm just sorry you were th[Em]there and had to witness it first hand
Cause [Em]all I ever wanted to d[C]do was just make you proud
N[D]Now I'm sitting in this [Em]empty house, just reminiscing
L[Em]Lookin' at your baby pict[C]pictures, it just trips me out
To see how m[D]much you both have grown, it's [Em]almost like you're sisters now
[Em] Wow, guess you pr[C]pretty much are and daddy's still here[D]here
Laney I'm talkin' t[Em]to you too, daddy's still here
[Em]I like the sound of that, y[C]yeah, it's got a ring to it d[D]don't it?
Shh, momma's only g[Em]gone for the moment
Now h[Em]hush little baby, d[C]don't you cry
Everyth[D]Everything's gonna be alr[Em]alright
Stiffen that upper lip [Em]up little lady, I t[C]told ya
Daddy's here to h[D]hold ya through the n[Em]night
I know mommy's not h[Em]here right now and we d[C]don't know why
We f[D]fear how we feel ins[Em]inside
It may seem a little cr[Em]crazy, pretty b[C]baby
But I promise m[D]momma's gon' be alr[Em]alright
And if you ask me too D[Em]Daddy's gonna buy you a m[C]mockingbird
[D]I'mma give you the w[Em]world
I'mma buy a diamond r[Em]ring for you, I'mma s[C]sing for you
I'll do anything f[D]for you to see you sm[Em]smile
And if that mockingb[Em]mockingbird don't sing and that r[C]ring don't shine
I'mma br[D]break that birdies n[Em]neck
I'll go back to the j[Em]jeweler who sold it t[C]to ya
And make him eat every c[D]carat don't xxxx with d[Em]dad -ha ha-