Daddy Frank Merle Haggard
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<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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