Daddy Frank chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

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 MajorD    | A augmentedA    | D[stop]   | [NC]

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

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

|G+G       |        |D MajorD     |
Frank ..
   |G+G      |         |B minorBm     |
Their ...
|G+G      |        |D MajorD      |
Mama ..
  |B minorBm     |       |A augmentedA      |
And ...

|G+G       |       |D MajorD      |
Home ..;
 |G+G       |        |B minorBm     |
A augmentedA pick-...
   |G+G     |      |D MajorD      |
Don't ..
    |D MajorD   G+G  |D MajorD   A augmentedA   |D MajorD    |D MajorD    [<-1 strum
But ...      per letter]


[REPEAT CHORUS]


[G+G]Don't ..ac[D MajorD]quainted;
I [G+G]..[B minorBm]be.
There [G+G]..[D MajorD]someone,
And [B minorBm]..[A augmentedA]be.

[G+G]Fever ..[D MajorD]hearing.
[G+G]Daddy ..[B minorBm]sight.
[G+G]And .. [D MajorD]lean on,
  |D MajorD G+G     |D MajorD   A augmentedA    |D MajorD    |Bb majorBb  [<-changes key]
And I ...


REPEAT CHORUS IN KEY OF Eb MajorEb [Either capo up one fret or substitute
Eb MajorEb for D, and Bb majorBb for A augmentedA]. FADE OUT TOWARDS END OF CHORUS.

Eb: 365343 or xx5343   Bb: 113331 or xx3331 or 688766

Transcribed by Darragh Egan
Thanks to whoever posted the lyrics for this song to COWPIE.