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MERLE HAGGARD  --  DADDY FRANK (THE GUITAR MAN)

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:    | D       | A       | D[stop]      | [NC]

CHORUS:         |D               |              |             |
          Daddy ..,
          |                 |             |A        |
          Sister ...
          |             |               |          |
          Mama ..
              |                 |                 |D           |
          She ...

That [D]..,
          And ..[A]time;
          And ..,
          Cause ..[D]blind.


|G             |               |D          |
Frank ..
      |G           |                  |Bm          |
Their ...
|G           |               |D           |
Mama ..
    |Bm          |             |A           |
And ...

|G              |              |D           |
Home ..;
  |G              |               |Bm          |
A pick-...
      |G          |            |D           |
Don't ..
       |↓      G    |↓      A      |↓        |↓       [<-1 strum
But ...            per letter]


[REPEAT CHORUS]


[G]Don't ..ac[D]quainted;
I [G]..[Bm]be.
There [G]..[D]someone,
And [Bm]..[A]be.

[G]Fever ..[D]hearing.
[G]Daddy ..[Bm]sight.
[G]And .. [D]lean on,
    |D  G         |D     A       |D        |Bb    [<-changes key]
And I ...


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 <darragh@switchtech.net>
Thanks to whoever posted the lyrics for this song to COWPIE.