Merle Haggard – Daddy Frank The Guitar Man (Guitar)

             C
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,

                                G7
Sister played the ringing tambourine.

                                         C
She read our lips and helped the family sing.

                                    G7
And our only means of living at the time;

                                      C
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.

Am                              C
Frank and mama counted on each other;

      Am                               C      C7
Their one and only weakness made them strong.

F                             C
Mama did the driving for the family,

     D7                         G
And Frank made a living with a song.

Am                              C
Home was just a camp along the highway;

   Am                              C    C7
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.

      F                         C
Don't ever once remember going hungry,

        C       F    C      G       C
But I remember mama cooking on the ground.

       C
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,

                                G7
Sister played the ringing tambourine.

                                         C
She read our lips and helped the family sing.

                                    G7
And our only means of living at the time;

                                      C
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.

Am                             C
Don't remember how they got acquainted;

  Am                               C   C7
I can't recall just how it came to be.

       F                                C
There had to be some special help from someone,

     D7                            G
And blessed be the one that let it be.

Am                              C
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing.

Am                                C     C7
Daddy Frank was born without his sight.

     F                             C
And mama needed someone she could lean on,

    C    F         C      G       C
And I believe the guitar man was right.

       D
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,

                                A7
Sister played the ringing tambourine.

                                         D
She read our lips and helped the family sing.

                                     A7
And our only means of living at the time;

                                      D
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.

       A7                             D
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind