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Daddy Frank  Merle Haggard

 
 

<br/> Date: 9/18/96; 12:04:03 AM<br/> From: Darragh Egan <br/> Subject: Daddy Frank(crd) by Merle Haggard<br/> <br/> MERLE HAGGARD  --  DADDY FRANK (THE GUITAR MAN)<br/> <br/> Written by Merle Haggard - Tree Pub. Co. Inc. / CBS Music Group (BMI), 1971?<br/> Transcribed from: Merle Haggard, "Collectors Series" - Capitol Records, 1990.<br/> Original single released in 1971.<br/> <br/> <br/> SPOKEN INTRO [no music]: Let me tell you about a song that I feel explains<br/> itself.  It's called: "Daddy Frank, the Guitar Man."<br/> <br/> <br/> INTRO:    | D       | A       | D[stop]      | [NC]<br/> <br/> CHORUS:         |D               |              |             |<br/>           Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,<br/>           |                 |             |A        |<br/>           Sister played the ringing tambourine.<br/>           |             |               |          |<br/>           Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,<br/>               |                 |                 |D           |<br/>           She read our lips and helped the family sing.<br/> <br/>           That [D]little band was all a part of living,<br/>           And our only means of living at the [A]time;<br/>           And it wasn't like no normal family combo,<br/>           Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was [D]blind.<br/> <br/> <br/> |G             |               |D          |<br/> Frank and mama counted on each other;<br/>       |G           |                  |Bm          |<br/> Their one and only weakness made them strong.<br/> |G           |               |D           |<br/> Mama did the driving for the family,<br/>     |Bm          |             |A           |<br/> And Frank made a living with a song.<br/> <br/> |G              |              |D           |<br/> Home was just a camp along the highway;<br/>   |G              |               |Bm          |<br/> A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.<br/>       |G          |            |D           |<br/> Don't ever once remember going hungry,<br/>        |D      G    |D      A      |D        |D       [<br/> Thanks to whoever posted the lyrics for this song to COWPIE. </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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