MERLE HAGGARD -- DADDY FRANK (THE GUITAR MAN) Written by Merle Haggard - Tree Pub. Co. Inc. / CBS Music Group (BMI), 1971? 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: | | | [stop] | [NC] CHORUS: | | | | Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp, | | | | Sister played the ringing tambourine. | | | | Mama couldn't hear our pretty music, | | | | 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. | | | | Frank and mama counted on each other; | | | | Their one and only weakness made them strong. | | | | Mama did the driving for the family, | | | | And Frank made a living with a song. | | | | Home was just a camp along the highway; | | | | A pick-up bed was where we bedded down. | | | | Don't ever once remember going hungry, | | | | [<-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, | | | | [<-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 Thanks to whoever posted the lyrics for this song to COWPIE.