Biography:
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Other songs:
- Fishin' In The Dark
- Amazing Grace
- American Dream
- An American Dream
- Angelyne
- Battle Of New Orleans
- Bayou Jubilee
- Blue Ridge Mountain Girl
- Bowlegs
- Buy For Me The Rain
- Cadillac Ranch
- Colorado Christmas
- Daddy Was A Sailor
- Dance Little Jean
- Dancin To The Beat Of A Broken Heart
- Dancing To The Beat
- Face On The Cutting Room Floor
- Fishin In The Dark
- Fishing In The Dark
- Good To Be Alive
- Hello I Am Your Heart
- High Horse
- Home Again In My Heart
- How Long
- Jamaica Lady
- Little Mountain Church House
- Long Hard Road
- Louisiana Saturday Night
- Lovin On The Side
- Lowlands
- Make A Little Magic
- Modern Day Romance
- Mr Bojangles
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Oh What A Love
- Old Upright Piano
- One Step Over The Line
- Partners Brothers And Friends
- Propinquity
- Riding Alone
- Ripplin Water
- Rocky Top Tennessee
- Roll That Stone Away
- Shot Full Of Love
- Some Of Shellys Blues
- Stand A Little Rain
- Take Me In Your Life Boat
- The Lowlands
- The Lowlands Improved
- There Is A Time
- This Train Keeps Rolling Along
- Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me
- When I Get My Rewards
- When Its Gone
- Will The Be Unbroken
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- Working Man Nowhere To Go
- You Aint Goin Nowhere
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Tempo: fast 4
(The riff in the intro and outro is the "Sailor's Hornpipe" melody.)
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D | D | D |
(riff)
[Verse 1]
|D |D |D |D |
Daddy was a sailor .... "Join the Navy, See the World" ...
|D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# |
Daddy was a sailor .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Taught me how to dance, ... taught me that jitter bug groove ...
|G |D |A |D |D |
Taught me all about romance, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Verse 2]
|D |D |D |D |
Daddy was a lover .... traveled all around the world ...
|D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# |
Daddy was a lover .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Taught me how to cuss, ... some folks didn't approve ...
|G |D |A |D |D |
Taught me how to fight and fuss, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Bridge]
|Bm |Bm |D |
.. Daddy wasn't always home that much .
|D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |D |
... But somehow . he managed . to keep in touch
|D |Bm |Bm |D |
... Yes, he sent me a hula girl post card from Hawaii, he did
|D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |A |A |
... And that was just enough . for that six-year-old kid ...
[Break]
| D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D D D/E D/F# |
| G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D | A | A |
Well,
[Verse 3]
|D |D |D |D
I never joined the navy ... but you know I've been around the world ...
|D |D |
'Cause somethin' that he gave me ....
|D |D D D/E D/F# |
Pleases all the little girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Move a little closer baby, please say "yes," no, don't say "maybe"
|G |D |
The time is right and it feels good tonight
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
[Outro]
|A |D |A |D |
Oooh, oooh-oooh ... Oooh, oooh-oooh ...
|A |D |D |D |D |D |
Oooh, oooh-oooh ... ... (Riff)
__________________________________________
Sailor's Hornpipe Riff:
D D D
e |-----------|-----------|-----------|
B |-------3-2-|-3---------|-----3-3---|
G |-----------|-------2-0-|---2-------|
D |-----------|---0-0-----|-4---------|
A |-----------|-----------|-----------|
E |-----------|-----------|-----------|
Charted by Dexex
(The riff in the intro and outro is the "Sailor's Hornpipe" melody.)
[Intro]
| D | D | D | D | D | D |
(riff)
[Verse 1]
|D |D |D |D |
Daddy was a sailor .... "Join the Navy, See the World" ...
|D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# |
Daddy was a sailor .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Taught me how to dance, ... taught me that jitter bug groove ...
|G |D |A |D |D |
Taught me all about romance, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Verse 2]
|D |D |D |D |
Daddy was a lover .... traveled all around the world ...
|D |D |D |D D D/E D/F# |
Daddy was a lover .... (the) boy liked the purty girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Taught me how to cuss, ... some folks didn't approve ...
|G |D |A |D |D |
Taught me how to fight and fuss, my daddy taught me how to move ... ....
[Bridge]
|Bm |Bm |D |
.. Daddy wasn't always home that much .
|D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |D |
... But somehow . he managed . to keep in touch
|D |Bm |Bm |D |
... Yes, he sent me a hula girl post card from Hawaii, he did
|D |G G/F# |Em Em/D |A |A |
... And that was just enough . for that six-year-old kid ...
[Break]
| D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D D D/E D/F# |
| G | D | G | D | G | D | A | D | A | A |
Well,
[Verse 3]
|D |D |D |D
I never joined the navy ... but you know I've been around the world ...
|D |D |
'Cause somethin' that he gave me ....
|D |D D D/E D/F# |
Pleases all the little girls . . .
|G |D |G |D |
Move a little closer baby, please say "yes," no, don't say "maybe"
|G |D |
The time is right and it feels good tonight
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
|A |D |A |D |
I really think we're gonna move ... I really think we're gonna move ...
[Outro]
|A |D |A |D |
Oooh, oooh-oooh ... Oooh, oooh-oooh ...
|A |D |D |D |D |D |
Oooh, oooh-oooh ... ... (Riff)
__________________________________________
Sailor's Hornpipe Riff:
D D D
e |-----------|-----------|-----------|
B |-------3-2-|-3---------|-----3-3---|
G |-----------|-------2-0-|---2-------|
D |-----------|---0-0-----|-4---------|
A |-----------|-----------|-----------|
E |-----------|-----------|-----------|
Charted by Dexex
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No Special...
No Te Va Gustar
No Use For A Nam (...)
No Vacation