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