Confederate Railroad - Daddy never was a cadillac kind

^D We were poor when I was a youngin', I don't remember ever going hungry ^G Daddy made sure we didn't do wit^Dhout I went to school with some of these fellas They had money and I was jealous,^G I didn't know then what I know^D now Daddy'd say you^A can't judge a book by looking at its cover It's^G what's inside that really^A matters

Daddy never^G was the Cadillac^D kind He said some^Bm things^G just glitter and^A shine He taught us that^G love was the^D one thing^A money couldn't^Bm buy Daddy neve^Gr was th^Ae Cadilla^Dc kind

^D I left home right out of high school, got me a big car thought I was real cool ^G Cruisin' around the old neighbo^Drhood, I'd see Daddy after church on Sunday ^D I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday He^G just said no, I never unde^Drstood He^A asked me how I bought it, I told him on credit ^G Daddy just smiled, I'll never fo^Arget it

Daddy never^G was the Cadillac^D kind He said some^Bm things^G just glitter and^A shine He taught us that^G love was the^D one thing^A money couldn't^Bm buy Daddy never^G was the^A Cadillac^D kind

^Bm It took a while but now I'm grown ^G I've settled down with kids of my own The^Em more I give them, the more they^A want

^D Daddy left us last November ^D I don't remember him ever looking better ^G All laid out in his Sunday^D best ^D I'm sure instead of all that attention ^D All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned A^G simple man simply laid to^D rest As they^A drove him away in that big Cadillac With a^G tear in my eye I had to^A laugh

Daddy never^G was the Cadillac^D kind He said some^Bm things^G just glitter and^A shine Just this^G once, I hope^D Daddy e^Anjoyed the^Bm ride Cause, Daddy never^G was^A the Cadillac^D kind

No my Daddy never^Em was,^G the Cadillac^D kind