Chords with lyrics
Song for a Deck Hand's Daughter - James McMurtry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From "Too Long in the Wasteland". Transcribed by John Kean ([email protected]). Standard tuning, no capo. INTRO: C majorC , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||------------------|------------------|| ||----------------1-|---------------1--|| ||*-------0---------|-----0-----------*|| ||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---*|| ||--3---------------|-3----------------|| ||----------3-------|---------3--------|| *use variants on this strum pattern throughout
VERSE 1: C majorC DmDm He'd always whistle ... Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC On his way out the back ... C majorC DmDm So many times he ... Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC C/BC/B And rarely did he try to ... A minorAm E minorEm Shut off the tractor with ... F/CF/C C majorC Set the brake and ... A minorAm E minorEm Came home for Christmas, ... F/CF/C With no presents for ... A minorAm Only stories for ... CHORUS 1: A minorAm G(see riff at end) Still your Mama ... C majorC C/BC/B She never ... A minorAm G+G Said she couldn't ... F/CF/C A minorAm You wondered how it ...
VERSE 2: He'd work two weeks out on a river b... CHORUS 2 (same as before) SOLO: A minorAm G+G F/CF/C A minorAm Am G+G F/CF/C A minorAm Am G+G F/CF/C A minorAm VERSE 3: A minorAm E minorEm And if his suitcase wasn't ... F/CF/C C majorC He might not be ... A minorAm E minorEm All the sides of him you ... F/CF/C Would be drifting .... A minorAm To another ... CHORUS 3: (chords as before) Still your Mama called him .... OUTRO: A minorAm C/BC/B C majorC CHORUS RIFF: G+G , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| ||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|| ||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|| ||-----0-------0---|-0h2-0---2p0-0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|| ||---------0h2-----|-----------------|-0h2-------------|-0-------2-------|| ||-3---------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|| CHORDS: (bracketed notes indicate alternating bass notes) C majorC (3)32010 DmDm x(0)0231 Fmaj7Fmaj7 x(3)3210 C/BC/B x22010 A minorAm (0)02210 E minorEm 0(2)2000 F/CF/C x3(3)21x G+G 320003
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