| C | F | |
| Plea | se Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas |
| C | G | G7 | |
| I don't want to see my mama cry(yy-yyy-yy 2nd cho | rus only | ) |
| C | F | |
| Ple-e | ase Daddy, don't get drunk this Christmas |
| C | G7 | C | |
| I don't want to see my | mama cry. |
| VERSE 1: |
| G | G7 | C | |
| Jus | t last year when I was only | seven |
| G | G7 | C | |
| No | w I'm almost eight, as you | can see |
| C | C7 | F | D7 | |
| Yo | u came home a quarter past ele | ven |
| C | G7 | C | |
| And fell | down underneath our Chris | tmas tree. |
| chorus w/2nd chorus only change |
| VERSE 2: |
| G | G7 | C | |
| Mam | a smiled and looked outside th | e window |
| G | G7 | C | |
| Sh | e told me "Son, you'd bet | ter go upstairs." |
| D7 | |
| Then you laughed and hollered "Merry Christmas!" |
| C | G7 | C | |
| I tu | rned around and saw my mama's | tears |
| chorus and then to end |
| END: |
| G | G7 | F | C | |
| C7(bi | g finish) |
| No I don't want to see my mama cry-yy-yyy |