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Daddy Frank

Merle Haggard
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
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{section: Chorus}
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Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
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And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
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But I remember mama cooking on the ground. per letter]
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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And I believe the guitar man was right.
Eb: 365343 or xx5343 Bb: 113331 or xx3331 or 688766

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Arrangement source for Daddy Frank by Merle Haggard

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
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 [D]
 [A]
 [D][stop]      | [[N.C.]

{section: Chorus}
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 [D]         Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
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 [A]         Sister played the ringing tambourine.
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          Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
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 [D]         She read our lips and helped the family sing.

          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.

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 [G]
F[D]rank and mama counted on each other;
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 [G]
T[Bm]heir one and only weakness made them strong.
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 [G]
M[D]ama did the driving for the family,
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 [Bm]
A[A]nd Frank made a living with a song.

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 [G]
H[D]ome was just a camp along the highway;
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 [G]
A[Bm] pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
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 [G]
D[D]on't ever once remember going hungry,
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 [D]
 [G]
 [D]
 [A]
 [D]
 [D]       [<-1 strum
But I remember mama cooking on the ground.            per letter]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[G]Don't remember how they got ac[D]quainted;
I [G]can't recall just how it came to [Bm]be.
There [G]had to be some special help from [D]someone,
And [Bm]blessed be the one that let it [A]be.

[G]Fever caused my mama's loss of [D]hearing.
[G]Daddy Frank was born without his [Bm]sight.
[G]And mama needed someone she could [D]lean on,
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 [D]
 [G]
 [D]
 [A]
 [D]
 [Bb]    [<-changes key]
And I believe the guitar man was right.

Eb: 365343 or xx5343     Bb: 113331 or xx3331 or 688766

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