Merle Haggard – Daddy Frank (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: 9/18/96; 12:04:03 AM From: Darragh Egan <[email protected]> Subject: Daddy Frank(crd) by Merle Haggard 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: | C | F | C[stop] | [NC]
CHORUS:         |C               |              |             |
          Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,

          |                 |             |F        |
          Sister played the ringing tambourine.
| | | | Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
              |                 |                 |C           |
          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.
|F             |               |C          |
Frank and mama counted on each other;

      |F           |                  |Am          |
Their one and only weakness made them strong.

|F           |               |C           |
Mama did the driving for the family,

    |Am          |             |F           |
And Frank made a living with a song.

|F              |              |C           |
Home was just a camp along the highway;

  |F              |               |Am          |
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.

      |F          |            |C           |
Don't ever once remember going hungry,

       |C      F    |C      F      |C        |C       [<-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,
    |C  F         |C     F       |C        |G#    [<-changes key]
And I believe the guitar man was right.
REPEAT CHORUS IN KEY OF Eb [Either capo up one fret or substitute Eb for D, and Bb for A]. FADE OUT TOWARDS END OF CHORUS. Eb: 365343 or xx5343 Bb: 113331 or xx3331 or 688766 Transcribed by Darragh Egan <[email protected]> Thanks to whoever posted the lyrics for this song to COWPIE.