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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 RE
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
LA
Sister played the ringing tambourine.
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
RE
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.
SOL RE
Frank and mama counted on each other;
SOL SIm
Their one and only weakness made them strong.
SOL RE
Mama did the driving for the family,
SIm LA
And Frank made a living with a song.
SOL RE
Home was just a camp along the highway;
SOL SIm
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
SOL RE
Don't ever once remember going hungry,
|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,
|D G |D A |D |Bb [<-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
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