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Song For A Deckhands Daughter by James Mcmurtry

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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:
    Chord diagramC majorC
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||------------------|------------------||
||----------------1-|---------------1--||
||*-------0---------|-----0-----------*||
||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---*||
||--3---------------|-3----------------||
||----------3-------|---------3--------||
 *use variants on this strum pattern throughout

VERSE 1:
Chord diagramC majorC                            Chord diagramDmDm
  He'd always whistle ...
     Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7                          Chord diagramC majorC
  On his way out the back ...
Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramDmDm
  So many times he ...
      Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7                           Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramC/BC/B
  And rarely did he try to ...
Chord diagramA minorAm                              Chord diagramE minorEm
  Shut off the tractor with ...
Chord diagramF/CF/C                        Chord diagramC majorC
  Set the brake and ...
Chord diagramA minorAm                               Chord diagramE minorEm
  Came home for Christmas, ...
          Chord diagramF/CF/C
  With no presents for ...
       Chord diagramA minorAm
  Only stories for ...


CHORUS 1:
Chord diagramA minorAm                           G(see riff at end)
  Still your Mama ...
                     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC/BC/B
  She never ...
Chord diagramA minorAm                           Chord diagramG+G
  Said she couldn't ...
Chord diagramF/CF/C                            Chord diagramA minorAm
  You wondered how it ...

VERSE 2:
  He'd work two weeks out on a river b...


CHORUS 2 (same as before)


SOLO:
Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF/CF/C   Chord diagramA minorAm
Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF/CF/C   Chord diagramA minorAm
Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF/CF/C   Chord diagramA minorAm


VERSE 3:
Chord diagramA minorAm                           Chord diagramE minorEm
  And if his suitcase wasn't ...
Chord diagramF/CF/C                      Chord diagramC majorC
  He might not be ...
Chord diagramA minorAm                         Chord diagramE minorEm
  All the sides of him you ...
           Chord diagramF/CF/C
  Would be drifting ....
      Chord diagramA minorAm
  To another ...


CHORUS 3: (chords as before)
  Still your Mama called him ....


OUTRO:
  Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramC/BC/B   Chord diagramC majorC



CHORUS RIFF:
   Chord diagramG+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)
Chord diagramC majorC      (3)32010
Chord diagramDmDm     x(0)0231
Chord diagramFmaj7Fmaj7  x(3)3210
Chord diagramC/BC/B    x22010
Chord diagramA minorAm     (0)02210
Chord diagramE minorEm     0(2)2000
Chord diagramF/CF/C    x3(3)21x
Chord diagramG+G      320003

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