Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
by Merle Haggard · tab for chromatic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in
Dad-dy Frank played the gui-tar
and the french harp
Sis-ter played the ring-in' tam-bou-rine
And Ma-ma could-n't hear
our pret-ty mu-sic
but she read our lips
and helped the fam-'ly sing
that lit-tle band was all a part of liv-in'
and our on-ly means of liv-in' at the time
and it was-n't like no
nor-mal fam-'ly com-bo
'Cause Dad-dy Frank the gui-tar man was blind
Frank and Ma-ma count-ed on each oth-er
Their one and on-ly weak-ness made 'em strong
Ma-ma did the driv-in' for the fam-'ly
and Frank made a liv-in' with a song
Home was just a camp a-long the high-way
A pick-up bed was where we bed-ded down
Don't ev-er once re-mem-ber go-in' hun-gry
And I re-mem-ber Ma-ma cook-in' on the ground
Dad-dy Frank played the gui-tar
and the french harp
Sis-ter played the ring-in' tam-bou-rine
And Ma-ma could-n't hear
our pret-ty mu-sic
but she read our lips
and helped the fam-'ly sing
that lit-tle band was all a part of liv-in'
and our on-ly means of liv-in' at the time
and it was-n't like no
nor-mal fam-'ly com-bo
'Cause Dad-dy Frank the gui-tar man was blind
Don't re-mem-ber how they got ac-quaint-ed
I can't re-call just how it came to be
There had to be some
spe-cial help from some-one
and blessed be the one who let it be
Fev-er caused my Ma-ma's loss of hear-in'
Dad-dy Frank was born with-out his sight
and Ma-ma need-ed some-one she could lean on
and I be-lieve the gui-tar man was right
Dad-dy Frank played the gui-tar
and the french harp
Sis-ter played the ring-in' tam-bou-rine
And Ma-ma could-n't hear
our pret-ty mu-sic
but she read our lips
and helped the fam-'ly sing
that lit-tle band was all a part of liv-in'
and our on-ly means of liv-in' at the time
and it was-n't like no
nor-mal fam-'ly com-bo
'Cause Dad-dy Frank the gui-tar man was blind
Yes it was-n't like no
nor-mal fam-'ly com-bo
'Cause Dad-dy Frank the gui-tar man was blind