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Daddy Frank by Merle Haggard - Guitar Chords
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Daddy Frank (The guitar man) - Merle Haggard
Transcribed by Darragh Egan
[Spoken]
Let me tell you about a song that I feel explains
itself. It's called: "Daddy Frank, the Guitar Man".
[Intro]
| D | A | D (stop) | N.C. |
[Chorus]
| D | | |
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
| | | A |
Sister played the ringing tambourine.
| | | |
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
| | | D |
She read our lips and helped the family sing.
D
That little band was all a part of living,
A
And our only means of living at the time;
And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
D
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
[Verse]
| Bm | | D |
Frank and mama counted on each other;
| Bm | | D |
Their one and only weakness made them strong.
| G | | D |
Mama did the driving for the family,
| E | | A |
And Frank made a living with a song.
| Bm | | D |
Home was just a camp along the highway;
| Bm | | D |
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
| G | | D |
Don't ever once remember going hungry,
| D G | D A | D | D (1 strum per letter)
But I remember mama cooking on the ground.
[Chorus]
| D | | |
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
| | | A |
Sister played the ringing tambourine.
| | | |
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
| | | D |
She read our lips and helped the family sing.
D
That little band was all a part of living,
A
And our only means of living at the time;
And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
D
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
[Verse]
G D
Don't remember how they got acquainted;
G Bm
I can't recall just how it came to be.
G D
There had to be some special help from someone,
Bm A
And blessed be the one that let it be.
G D
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing.
G Bm
Daddy Frank was born without his sight.
G D
And mama needed someone she could lean on,
| D G | D A | D |Bb (change key)
And I believe the guitar man was right.
(Key change, half step up)
[Outro]
| Eb | | |
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
| | | Bb |
Sister played the ringing tambourine.
| | | |
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
| | | F |
She read our lips and helped the family sing.
Eb
That little band was all a part of living,
Bb
And our only means of living at the time;
And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
Eb
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
(Fade out towards end of chorus)
Eb: 365343 or xx5343
Bb: 113331 or xx3331 or 688766
We also have 31 songs by Merle Haggard
- A Place To Fall Apart
- Are The Good Times Really Over
- Big City
- Branded Man
- Daddy Frank
- Hungry Eyes
- I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
- I Think Ill Just Stay Here And Drink
- If I Could Only Fly
- If We Make It Through December
- Im A Lonesome Fugitive
- Kern River
- Mama Tried
- Misery And Gin
- Miss The Mississippi And You
- My Favorite Memory
- Okie From Muskogee
- Ramblin Fever
- Reasons To Quit
- Silver Wings
- Sing Me Back Home
- Somewhere Between
- Swinging Doors
- Thats The Way Love Goes
- The Bottle Let Me Down
- The Fightin Side Of Me
- The Running Kind
- The Way I Am
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
- Working Man Blues
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