Daddy Frank Merle Haggard
MERLE HAGGARD -- DADDY FRANK (THE GUITAR MAN)
Written by Merle Haggard - Tree Pub. Co. Inc. / CBS Music Group (BMI), 1971?
Transcribed from: Merle Haggard, "Collectors Series" - Capitol Records, 1990.
Original single released in 1971.
SPOKEN INTRO [no music]: 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] [NC]
CHORUS: D
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
Sister played the ringing tambour[A]ine.
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
She read our lips and helped the family s[D]ing.
That [D]little band was all a part of living,
And our only means of living at the [A]time;
And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was [D]blind.
F[G]rank and mama counted on each o[D]ther;
Their o[G]ne and only weakness made them s[Bm]trong.
M[G]ama did the driving for the f[D]amily,
And F[Bm]rank made a living with a s[A]ong.
H[G]ome was just a camp along the h[D]ighway;
A p[G]ick-up bed was where we bedded d[Bm]own.
Don't e[G]ver once remember going h[D]ungry,
D G D A D D [
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