Am
Well, once when I was eight
     E
everything was going great
            C                      F
until my father, he tried to kill me.
        Am  
By the time that I was nine,
     E
my daddy was doing time,
         C                           F
and my mother had enlisted in the army.

   Am          G                 C
I wish my father had loved me more.

       Am
By the time was that I was ten
          E
my dad's life was going to end
        C                   F
'cause he was going on ninety.
        Am
By the time I was eleven
    E
my daddy was up in heaven
       C                        F
in the clouds, staring down at me.

       Am         G           C
And I can't help but miss him 
       Am       G             C
Even though he hit me everyday.
        Am       G                   C
And he tried to hang me with a belt once.
        Am             G            C
And he took nude photographs of my body.

            C                                                 Am
And by the time that I was twelve, I had made my first million.
            C                                                  Am
And by the time that I was fourteen, I had found the cure to cancer.
            C                                                   Am
And by the time that I was fourteen, I was the president of the country
            C                                                    Am
And by the time that I was fifteen, I was the champion of the world.


         Am       G              C
So I'm glad my daddy didn't love me.
         Am       G                C
And I'm glad that he tried to kill me.
         Am       G                  C
And I'm glad he took those pictures of me.
      Am       G               C
I am glad my daddy didn't love me,
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I said I'm glad my daddy didn't love me