Daddy Guitar Tab

Pieces Of You Tabs:

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:09:34 -0400
From: Harold Lanier 
Subject: j/jewel/daddy.tab

Daddy
Jewel Kilcher from: Pieces Of You	
Transcribed by: Dwight Lanier (hlanier@mindspring.com) 

tuning:  Db,Ab,Db,F,Bb,Db	

Intro:

 D(9)           D            Dmaj7/C#         D
-------0--------------0--0-----------0--------------0--0--------------
---5------5---5---3----------3---2------2---2---3------3---/5---------
-----0------0--------------0-------0------0-------0-------------------
------------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0------------
-7--------------5----------5---4--------------5-----------------------
-----0----------------------------------------------------------------

D(9)       D            Dmaj7/C#    D
	My bones are tired,         Dad-dy.

D(9)           D                Dmaj7/C#       D
	I don't   get e-nough sleep.

D(9)               D                  Dmaj7/C#   D
	I don't eat    as good as I could,       Dad-dy.

D(9)                D           Dmaj7/C#     D
	What's that say a-bout   me?              (play 18 times)

Outro:

 D(9)              D            Dmaj7/C#             D
--------0---0------------0------0-------0------------0---------------
---5-------------x---3------3--------------2-----2---3---------------
-----0------------------------0----------------------0---------------
-----------------------0------0---0--0--------0------0---------------
-7-------------7---5--------------4--4--------4------5---------------
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            My     bones    are tired,              Dad-dy.

You know, sometimes I sleep past noon, Daddy.
Drink lots of black coffee and I smoke like a chimney.
Yes,I left the refrigerator door half-open, Daddy.
What's that say about me?
Sometimes I want to rip out your throat, Daddy, 
For all those things you said that were mean.
I'm gonna make you just as vulnerable as I was, Daddy.
What's that say about me?
Sometimes i want to bash your in your teeth, Daddy.
Gonna use your tounge as a stamp.
I'm gonna rip your heart out the way you did mine, Daddy.
Go ahead an' psychoanalyze that.
'Cause I'm your creation, I'm your love, Daddy.
Grew up to be and do all those sick things you said that I would do.
Well, last night i saw you sneak out your window
With your white hood, Daddy.
What's that say about you?
I'm sloppy; what's that say about you?
I'm messy; what's that say about you?
(to outro:)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Lucas Wanna Be	#1 by Lucas Polido at Sep 28, 1970 at 6:59 AM EST
	wow. perfect for my situation and i've been listening to it for 19 years. well put jewel

No Picture Kael Average	#2 by Kael Nainggolan at Nov 2, 1972 at 11:03 AM EST
	when she's talking about the white hood, is she refering to the kkk, or is that symbolic of something else. As for 0304, I think that it is totally different from her normal thing, and if she sold out on purpose or was just looking for change I couldn't say, but i think, that if she did more songs like Haunted, and stand, she could definatly pull the pop thing off.

No Picture Skinny Fingures Average	#3 by Skinny Fingures O'Brian at Apr 13, 1976 at 9:15 AM EST
	Awesome song. I love when she sings, "I'm gonna rip your heart out the way that you did mine, daddy.. go ahead and psycho-analyze that".. the lyrics are just so amazing. I wish Jewel didn't go in the pop/sellout direction.. such a waste of good talent.

No Picture Mr. Slave Wanna Be	#4 by Mr. Slave at Apr 14, 1978 at 8:01 AM EST
	Does this mean she was abused?? Her bones are tired??

No Picture Claus Average	#5 by Claus Kronmueller at Dec 25, 1978 at 7:42 PM EST
	her dad left her and her mom when she was little, and she wrote this song as sort of a f* you song

No Picture Angelica Professional	#6 by Angelica HAVOK at Nov 3, 1981 at 5:02 PM EST
	Actually, this song wasn't written about herself. It was written for the father of one of her childhood friends. She herself wasn't abused... (I read this at a fan-site, it's probably true because she was quoted saying this... of course, I just might be wrong...) I think "my bones are tired" is that she feels old and like she's been through a lot. The meaning of this song is pretty clear like what nietzsche said.

No Picture Erin Rhythm Player	#7 by Erin at Nov 12, 1984 at 2:35 AM EST
	i could definitely see this song being about her friend's dad. "little sister" is actually about her friend's little brother. so maybe she does that sometimes, puts herself in the standpoint of someone else and writes the song from their perspective.

No Picture GonnaKill Average	#8 by GonnaKill YOU at Aug 3, 1989 at 4:59 PM EST
	the first time i heard this song i was overwhelmed because you can really feel the hate and anger in this song and it made me just hold my breath waiting for her to just start screaming! this song is great! all of her songs make you feel what she is feeling and that takes a lot of talent.

No Picture Badass	#9 by guess wha' i suck at Oct 29, 1989 at 6:32 AM EST
	so that would explain the "sneak out your window with your white hood daddy" verse then.. he was in with the KKK?

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#10 by Alex Williams at Dec 15, 1989 at 3:46 PM EST
	b1tch2k- is right because I read a jewel biography and that is what it said in it about this song.

No Picture jordan Average	#11 by jordan sjsjtkiris at Dec 2, 1991 at 5:55 AM EST
	Does this mean she was abused?? Her bones are tired??

No Picture skinny Wanna Be	#12 by skinny mcclaine at May 23, 1992 at 11:14 AM EST
	yeah, it's not about her daddy, it's about one of her friend's daddy. She went to sleep over at one of her friends house and his/her dad turned off the tv because there were black people on it.

No Picture [ßĩη& Average	#13 by [ßĩηŁ@Ðэń] at Aug 26, 1992 at 2:20 AM EST
	*10 years

No Picture Connor Average	#14 by Connor Larkin at Apr 13, 1994 at 2:53 AM EST
	You may say a lot of shit about me, Daddy, but who made me that way?

No Picture austin Average	#15 by austin wheeler at Feb 19, 1996 at 3:55 PM EST
	i really don't think this was about jewel's dad... cause i read "chasing down the dawn" and i vaguely remember her not not liking her dad (double negatives=positive). she wasn't pissed at her dad... she lived w/ him for awhile i think.. i agree w/ no angel about the friends dad thing... it makes more sense. but the lyrics to this song are really powerful... and cutting. i can't describe it... but she really is a good writer.

No Picture :Social Enemy: Average	#16 by :Social Enemy: at Jan 10, 1997 at 6:29 AM EST
	This song was written about a friend. She had been at a friends house when she was younger and they were flipping through t.v stations. The station landed on a show that she liked - The Jeffersons - and she told her friend she wanted to watch that. The friends dad came in, took the friend away and when they came back, he/she was crying, turned off the t.v and when Jewel asked him/her what was wrong, their responce was "I'm not allowwed to watch black people on television. She wrote this song about that experience. 1

No Picture Murders in the Average	#17 by Murders in the Rue Morgue at Feb 11, 1998 at 9:53 PM EST
	this song always kinda freaks me out when I play it.. not in a bad way, it's just.. the lyrics and the way she sings them..

No Picture Steve Wanna Be	#18 by Steve at Dec 2, 2001 at 4:48 AM EST
	Oh! Her new album looks like it's gonna be great! But anyway, I know her and her father had a good relationship. I've read in several places about how close they have been. I believe he is the one who taught her how to yodel. It also makes sense that this was bout a friend's dad b/c I've always been confused why she would write this about her dad when they were on such good terms.