Chords
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
A minorAm
G+G
F/CF/C
A minorAm
A minorAm
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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