Written by: Dave Gibson Bernie Nelson Performed by Confederate Railroad on "Notorious" Strum Pattern - D D U D U(Repeating) [Intro] G x4 Cadd9 x2 G x2 G We were poor when I was a youngun I don't remember ever going hungry Cadd9 G Daddy made sure we didn't do without G I went to school with some of these fellas They had money and I was jealous Cadd9 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 G Cadd9 Daddy never was the Cadillac kind C D He said some things just glitter and shine G Cadd9 C He taught us that love was the one thing money couldn't buy 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 Cadd9 G Cruisin' around the old neighborhood G I'd see Dad after church on Sunday I'd say you'll have to go riding with me someday Cadd9 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 REPEAT CHORUS G It took a while but now I'm grown Cadd9 I've settled down with kids of my own C The more I give them D The more they want G Daddy left us last November I don't remember him ever looking better Cadd9 G All laid out in his Sunday best G I'm sure instead of all the attention All he'd of wanted was a few words mentioned Cadd9 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 REPEAT CHORUS