Daddy Learned to Fly

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LilSpider
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Daddy Learned to Fly

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Standard DBT tuning one full step down (DGCFAd)

Opening riff (E chord shape, ending on Esus)
E Esus
e-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----------
B---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--2------
G-----------------------------------------2------
D-----------------------------------------2------
A-2-----------2------------2------------------
E---------------------------------------------

E F#m A D A (four times)

On the verse, the phrase starting with E seems to accent the 6th string, while the G#m phrase might be accenting the 4th string.

Verse 1
[E]Daddy's gone a[F#m]way and no [A]one can tell me [D]why [A]
[G#m]Mama's been [F#m]so [A]sad
Since [D]Daddy learned to [A]fly

E F#m A D A (two times)

Verse 2 (same progression as 1)
Everybody brought food
And everybody cried
Nothing's been too good
Since Daddy learned to fly

Verse 3 (same progression as 1)
Fun we used to have
And the way we used to laugh
It's all gone away since they cut my world in half
Sometimes I think I see him smile from the sky
But he never stops to visit since Daddy learned to fly

Chorus
[F#m]Everyone tries so [A]hard
To ease my troubled [E]mind
[F#m]Guess he's doing better than the [A]ones he left be[E]hind
They [G#m]tell me I'm not old [F#m]en[A]ough to know the [D]reasons [A]why
The [E]clouds reached [F#m]down from [A]heaven,
Daddy [D]learned to [A]fly
Learned to fly [E F#m A D A]

Verse 4(same progression as 1)
They tell me that in time everything will be okay
Life goes back to normal
Like before you flew away
They tell me you can see me
So I'm trying not to cry
But sometimes I can't help it since Daddy learned to fly

Learned to fly
Learned to fly

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