Eminem - Mockingbird
From the album: Encore (2004)
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Chords:  EADGBe    EADGBe
C/G      332010 or 335553
D/A      x00232 or 557775
Em       022000 or x79987
Em/B     x22000 or 779987


     
     Yeah


              
I know sometim

            
es things may 

           
not always mak

              
e sense to you

         
 right now
            
But hey, what 

              
daddy always t

        
ell you?
           
Straighten up 

              
little soldier

          
, stiffen up t

           
hat upper lip
              
What you cryin

           
g about? You g

    
ot me

            
Hailie I know 

              
you miss your 

            
mom and I know


 you miss your

 dad
           
Well I'm gone 

              
but I'm trying

              
 to give you t

    
he life that I

 never had
            
I can see you'

              
re sad, even w

          
hen you smile,

 even when you

 laugh
           
I can see it i

              
n your eyes, d


eep inside you

 want to cry
            
Cause you're s

              
cared, I ain't

         
 there? Daddy'

s with you in 

your prayers
           
No more crying

              
, wipe them te

      
ars, daddy's h

ere, no more n

ightmares
            
We gon' pull t

              
ogether throug

       
h it, we gon' 

do it'
              
Laney uncles c

           
razy, ain't he

              
? Yeah but he 

 
loves you girl

 and you bette

r know it
            
We're all we g

              
ot in this wor

     
ld when it spi

ns, when it sw

irls
           
When it whirls

            
, when it twir

/
ls, two little

 beautiful gir

ls
            
Lookin' puzzle

              
d, in a daze, 

    
I know it's co

nfusing you
           
Daddy's always

              
 on the move, 

 
mama's always 

on the news
            
I try to keep 

              
you sheltered 

         
from it but so

mehow it seems
             
The harder tha

/            
t I try to do 

           
that, the more


 it backfires 

on me
            
All the things

              
 growing up hi

          
s daddy that h

e had to see
           
Daddy don't wa

              
nt you to see 

         
but you see ju

st as much as 

he did
            
We did not pla

              
n it to be thi

             
s way, your mo

/
ther and me
              
But things hav

           
e gotten so ba

              
d between us I

          
 don't see us 

              
ever being tog

   
ether ever aga

in
           
Like we used t

              
o be when we w

          
ere teenagers
             
But then of co

           
urse everythin

              
g always happe

             
ns for a reaso

             
n, I guess it 

           
was never mean

t to be
              
But it's just 

           
something we h

              
ave no control

            
 over and that

/
's what destin

y is
            
 But no more w

              
orries, rest y

     
our head and g

o to sleep
           
Maybe one day 

              
we'll wake up 

              
and this will 


all just be a 

dream

            
Now hush littl

         
e baby, don't 

you cry
           
Everything's g

           
onna be alrigh


t
              
Stiffen that u

            
pper lip up li

              
ttle lady, I t


old ya
              
Daddy's here t

           
o hold ya thro

         
ugh the night
              
I know mommy's

            
 not here righ

              
t now and we d


on't know why
           
We fear how we

         
 feel inside
              
It may seem a 

            
little crazy, 

        
pretty baby
              
But I promise 

           
momma's gon' b

     
e alright


It's funny
            
I remember bac

              
k one year whe

   
n daddy had no

 money
           
Mommy wrapped 

              
the Christmas 

              
presents up an

    
d stuck 'em un

der the tree 
            
And said some 

              
of 'em were fr

              
om me, cause d


addy couldn't 

buy 'em
           
I'll never for

              
get that Chris

        
tmas I sat up 

the whole nigh

t crying
             
Cause daddy fe

             
lt like a bum,

      
 see daddy had

 a job
           
But his job wa

              
s to keep the 

 
food on the ta

ble for you an

d mom
            
And at the tim

         
e every house 

that we lived 

in
              
Either kept ge

           
tting broken i

         
nto and robbed

 or shot up on

 the block 
            
And your mom w

           
as saving mone

y for you in a

 jar
           
Tryna start a 

              
piggy bank for

         
 you so you co

uld go to coll

ege
            
Almost had a t

              
housand dollar

   
s till someone

 broke in and 

stole it
           
And I know it 

              
hurt so bad it

   
 broke your mo

mma's heart
            
And it seemed 

              
like everythin

             
g was just sta

/
rtin' to fall 

apart
           
Mom and dad wa

             
s arguin' a lo


t so momma mov

ed back
            
On the Chalmer

           
s in the flat 

one bedroom ap

artment
           
And dad moved 

              
back to the ot

     
her side of 8 

Mile on Novara
            
And that's whe

              
n daddy went t

       
o California w

ith his CD 
           
And met Dr. Dr

            
e and flew you

/
 and momma out

 to see me
            
But daddy had 

          
to work, you a

nd momma had t

o leave me
           
Then you start

              
ed seeing dadd

  
y on the T.V. 

 
              
And momma didn

            
't like it and

          
 you and Laney

 were to young

 to understand

 it
           
Papa was a rol

             
lin' stone, mo


mma developed 

a habit
            
And it all hap

           
pened too fast

 for either on

e of us to gra

b it
           
I'm just sorry

            
 you were ther

/
e and had to w

itness it firs

t hand
            
Cause all I ev

              
er wanted to d

  
o was just mak

e you proud
           
Now I'm sittin

          
g in this empt

y house, just 

reminiscing
            
Lookin' at you

           
r baby picture

s, it just tri

ps me out
            
To see how muc

             
h you both hav

              
e grown, it's 


almost like yo

u're sisters n

ow
            
 Wow, guess yo

           
u pretty much 

              
are and daddy'

            
s still here
              
Laney I'm talk

     
in' to you too

, daddy's stil

l here
            
I like the sou

             
nd of that, ye

/            
ah, it's got a

             
 ring to it do

/
n't it?
              
Shh, momma's o

     
nly gone for t

he moment

            
Now hush littl

         
e baby, don't 

you cry
           
Everything's g

           
onna be alrigh


t
              
Stiffen that u

            
pper lip up li

              
ttle lady, I t


old ya
              
Daddy's here t

           
o hold ya thro

         
ugh the night
              
I know mommy's

            
 not here righ

              
t now and we d


on't know why
           
We fear how we

         
 feel inside
              
It may seem a 

            
little crazy, 

        
pretty baby
              
But I promise 

           
momma's gon' b

     
e alright

              
And if you ask

            
 me too Daddy'

              
s gonna buy yo

     
u a mockingbir

d
           
I'mma give you

      
 the world
              
I'mma buy a di

            
amond ring for

             
 you, I'mma si

/
ng for you
              
I'll do anythi

           
ng for you to 

          
see you smile
              
And if that mo

            
ckingbird don'

              
t sing and tha

   
t ring don't s

hine
           
I'mma break th

            
at birdies nec

/
k
              
I'll go back t

            
o the jeweler 

             
who sold it to

/
 ya
              
And make him e

           
at every carat

              
 don't fuck wi

    
th dad (ha ha)