Daddy Played The Banjo

C Fmaj7sus2 Daddy played the banjo, 'neath the yellow tree, C G5/D It rang across the backyard, an old time melody, C Fmaj7sus2 I loved to hear the music, I was only five, C G5/D C I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive. C Fmaj7sus2 Sometimes I'd wake up at night, and hear a distant tune, C G5/D The banjo would echo, 'round my childhood room, C Fmaj7sus2 I'd sneak down the back stairs, Daddy never knew. C G5/D C I'd grab a broom and make believe, I was pickin', too. G C One day Daddy put my fingers down upon the strings, G C G He picked it with his other hand, we made the banjo ring; C FM7sus2 Now the music takes me back, across the yellow days, C G5/D C To the summers with my Dad, and the tunes he played. C Fmaj7sus2 But I'm just tellin' lies'bout the things I did, C G5/D See, I'm that banjo player who never had a kid, C Fmaj7sus2 Now, I sit, beneath that yellow tree, C G5/D C Hopin' that a kid somewhere, is listening to me. C Fmaj7sus2 Daddy played the banjo, 'neath the yellow tree, C G5/D It rang across the backyard and wove a spell on me, C Fmaj7sus2 Now the banjo takes me back, through the foggy haze, C G5/D C Where memories of what never was, become the good old days.