C

[Chorus]
                                Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
   C                              F              G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
   Am                          Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
   Dm            Am                F              G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
      C                       G                C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue

[Verse]
                                   Am
When she waved him off to war, she didn’t tell him then
 F                                  C
About the child she carried soon to come
                           Am
And as he sailed away, she cried for him and prayed
        F                                 C    G
For his safe returning when the fight was won

[Verse]
        Am                          Em
But the summer turned to winter and winter soon was gone
       F               G             C
As she patiently would wait for him alone
        Am                             Em
And the child that grew within her, so proud in spring was born
       F           G                C     G7
But my daddy never made the journey home

[Chorus]
        C                       Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
   C                              F              G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
   Am                          Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
   Dm            Am                F              G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
      C                       G                C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue

[Verse]
                                   Am
Then I grew so strong and tall, my hair was flaxen gold
    F                                  C
But mother’s hair had turned to silver grey
                                  Am
And though she’d give a smile and laugh with me awhile
  F                               C
I knew she still remembered yesterday

[Verse]
        Am                       Em
I would see her at the window, a-gazin’ down the road
       F               G             C
With a crumpled, faded letter in her hand
          Am                            Em
And she’d tell me with her eyes all the sadness of goodbyes
       F               G              C    G7
From a summertime when once my life began

[Chorus]
        C                       Am
Well, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
   C                              F              G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
   Am                          Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
   Dm            Am                F              G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
      C                       G                C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue

[Chorus]
                              Am
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue
   C                              F              G
He gave me life before he died, a child he never knew
   Am                          Em
He fought a hundred heroes, my kinfolk used to tell
   Dm            Am                F              G
To be beside his pretty bride - he loved her very well
      C                       G                C
Oh, I never new my daddy, who sailed the ocean blue