Mark Knopler, Cannibals (1996)
Key: :[D] (w: Mark Knopler)
INTRO: [D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [D] :
[x2]
VERSE 1:
Well he's
[D] daddy's little boy, he plays with his toys
He holds on to his daddy's
[G] hand
His
[A] daddy says sonny you're a big strong boy
You're gonna be a big strong
[D] man
And they go play catch, go play ball
Go take a walk along the
[G] sand
[A] Big strong daddy and a big strong boy
Living in a big strong
[D] land
CHORUS 1:
[D] Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie
Daddy can I have a dino-
[G]-saur
[D] Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no
[Bm] cannibals
[A] any-
[D]-more
BREAK: [D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [D]
VERSE 2:
Down in
[D] Louisiana there's a hurricane coming
The little boy climbs the
[G] stairs
And
[A] all along the levee all the people come running
And the little boy's saying his
[D] prayers
And a
[D] sleepy little laddie smiles up at his daddy
And he's asking for his G.I.
[G] Joe
And
[A] daddy tucks him in with a kiss upon the chin
And says my little one I love you
[D] so
CHORUS 2:
[D] Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie
Leave the light outside the
[G] door
[D] Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no
[Bm] cannibals
[A] any-
[D]-more
BREAK: [D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [D]
VERSE 3:
[D] Lay down your head now don't get out of bed
Don't you let the bedbugs
[G] bite
It's
[A] time to sleep now not another peep
And I'll see you in the morning
[D] light
And then the
[D] radio was playing and the weatherman was saying
The hurricane had blown a-
[G]-way
And
[A] daddy's little boy was jumping up for joy
And he was singing at the break of
[D] day
CHORUS 3:
[D] Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie
Daddy can I be a warri-
[G]-or
[D] Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no
[Bm] cannibals
[A] any-
[D]-more
CHORUS 4:
[D] Daddy, is he a goodie or a baddie
Daddy, why do people go to
[G] war
[D] Once upon a time there were cannibals
Now there are no
[Bm] cannibals
[A] any-
[D]-more
OUTRO:
[D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [D] :
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[Bm] [A] [D] //
[Bm] [A] [D open] 