Tonalidad: D major
Verse 1
E
G
A
E
G
A
As the
E
Yates
swung on his hinges
letting out a noise
G
A
that had him shaking in fear
E
He curled up under the blankets,
G
eyes closed so tightly
A
E
In the hope that tonight
G
would not be like most other nights
A
E
The footsteps on the gravel pathway
served to announce the arrival
G
A
E
of the excuse that was indeed his father.
G
The fumbling of the key in the lock,
A
E
followed by under the breath
ramblings and rantings,
G
A
and then the crash of the door
unceremoniously into its hole,
G
A
E
all served to confirm his worst
G
ever recurring nightmare.
A
E
Yeah, yeah, he was home.
G
A
It was time to pray.
E
G
Please God, please let him go to sleep.
A
E
Oh, please God, just make him sleep
G
A
Get down these stairs boy,
E
G
get down here now, belts his father
A
E
Get down these stairs assistant
G
A
He became an grier and angrier
E
and the interventions of his poor mother
G
A
were swatted away like a blue bottle.
G
Sing Danny boy!
A
Sing Danny boy!
G
Sing it boy! Boy!
A
G
Sing Danny boy!
A
E
Get here, get down the stairs boy.
G
A
Sing it, and sing it good.
E
He knew what was coming
G
A
if he made the slightest error.
A word out of place,
E
a verse in the wrong place,
G
A
a note slyly out or off -key,
E
he knew what was coming.
G
More than one occasion
A
E
he'd freeze unable to open his mouth,
G
instead he'd literally piss himself
A
as he stood there in the shadow
E
G
at this fucking excuse for a father.
A
E
He'd sing and give it his all,
no matter what the time,
G
A
how little sleep he'd managed to grab,
E
and he just hoped to god
that his old fella
Em
G
A
would sink into his usual armchair
and fall asleep,
E
often with a fag
G
A
or a cheap cigar still burning,
E
how he wished that one night that fag would
G
A
E
ignite his father to be a safe waistcoat
as he slept and burn that bastard
G
A
E
where he sat slumped in his stupor.
His mother would again
G
A
attempt to step in,
E
leave him alone, leave the boy.
G
A
E
But of course, this would inevitably end up in tears for her,
and for the lad
G
A
With a clip, or a smack,
E
or on occasion, a proper boutin'
G
He was singing for his bloody life,
E
At the times he'd bat a leather belt
G
across his backside to pay the price
A
E
For a fumbled word he reckoned
A
were too many even to think of
G
Sing Danny Boy!
A
Sing Danny Boy!
G
Sing it, boy! Boy!
A
G
A
Sing, daddy boy!
E
Meetings turned into memories
G
But you know the old adage
A
E
that time is a great healer, right?
G
Yeah, well there's some scars
A
that just cannot be healed
E
They're not visible, but they're there
G
A
The deep and the sore as hell
E
And with you whether you like it or not
G
A
No matter what you try to do to master
E
But time did pass
G
and this boy became a man
A
E
And that man became a father
G
A
A father to a beautiful daughter
E
For whom he'd lay down his life
Em
E
G
A
at the drop of a hat
E
It'd be great to tell you
that his dad got his comeuppance
G
A
But the truth is I don't know
if he ever did
E
Does that type ever get
G
what they truly deserve?
A
I have this picture in my mind
E
of the two meeting
Em
Maybe at family gathering,
A
probably a funeral
E
And the father having a pint
too many for a change
A
And trying to cajole his son
E
into singing that bloody song
G
A
Come on son, sing Daddy Boy
E
You know, for old times' sake
G
A
For old times' sake
G
For old times' sake
A
No, you sing fucking Daddy Boy
G
A
You sing fucking Daddy Boy
G
A
And the father squares off, brash,
E
no fuck's given, no remorse
G
And all that son wants to do
A
E
is give his father a good hiding
G
Teach that old bastard a
A
lesson to remember
E
He's shaking, he's livid,
G
A
and he wants to send that head in
E
But instead he doesn't give his
A
G
father the satisfaction
A
E
Doesn't give his father the opportunity
to think scores are settled
G
He looks him in the eye, shakes his head,
E
Em
walks to his beautiful little daughter
A
E
and holds her like his life depends on it. He's the bigger man,
G
the better man,
E
and he will never sink to the depths
of that cowardly, callous fucker,
G
no matter what.
E
No matter what!
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