G
We were poor when I was a youngin'

I don't remember ever going hungry
C                            G
Daddy made sure we didn't do without

I went to school with some of these fellas

They had money and I was jealous
C                              G
I didn't know then what I know now
                D
Daddy'd say you can't judge a book by looking at its cover
     C                         D
It's what's inside that really matters

CHORUS

            C                G
Daddy never was the Cadillac kind
             C                       D
He said some things just glitter and shine
                  C            D         C              G
He taught us that love was the one thing money couldn't buy
            C D              G
Daddy never was the Cadillac kind


G
I left home right out of high school

Bought me a big car thought I was real cool
C                       G
Cruisin' around the old neighborhood

I'd see Dad after church on Sunday

I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday
C                             G
He just said no, I never understood
   D
He asked me how I bought it, I told him on credit
C                             D
Daddy just smiled, I'll never forget it


D PEAT CHORUS


Em
It took a while but now I'm grown
C
I've settled down with kids of my own

The more I give them
              D
The more they want


G
Daddy left us last November

I don't remember him ever looking better
C                          G
All laid out in his Sunday best

I'm sure instead of all the attention

All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned
  C                         G
A simple man simply laid to rest
        D
As they drove him away in that big Cadillac
       C                       D
With a tear in my eye I had to laugh