JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)" adalah lagu lawas dari penyanyi folk legendaris, Woody Guthrie.
Lagu ini turut dibawakan oleh anaknya, Arlo Guthrie, yang mengikuti jejak ayahnya sebagai penyanyi beraliran musik folk.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Tear the Facists Down - Woody Guthrie
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky)" dari Woody Guthrie.
[Intro]
C F G Em C
[Verse]
C F
Well, a curly-headed girl with a bright shining smile
G C
Heard the roar of a plane as it sailed through the sky
F
To her playmates she said, with a bright twinkling eye
G C
My Daddy flies that ship in the sky
F
My Daddy flies that ship in the sky
C G
My Daddy flies that ship in the sky
C F
My Mama's not afraid and neither am I
G C
'Cause my Daddy flies that ship in the sky
G C
[Verse]
F
Then a button-nosed kid, as he kicked up his heels
G C
He said, My Daddy works in the iron and the steel
F
My Dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky
G C
And that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
F
That's what keeps your daddy up there so high
C G
That's what keeps your daddy up there so high
C F
My Dad builds the planes and they fly through the sky
G C
And that's what keeps your daddy up there so high
G C
[Verse]
F
Then a freckle-faced kid pinched his toe in the sand
G C
He says, My Daddy works at that place where they land
F
You tell your mama, don't be afraid
G C
My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again
F
My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again
C G
My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again
C F
Don't be afraid when it gets dark and rains
G C
My Dad'll bring your daddy back home again