Song For A Deckhands Daughter chords by James Mcmurtry

Song for a Deck Hand's Daughter  - James McMurtry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From "Too Long in the Wasteland".

Transcribed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Standard tuning, no capo.


INTRO:
    C
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||------------------|------------------||
||----------------1-|---------------1--||
||*-------0---------|-----0-----------*||
||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---*||
||--3---------------|-3----------------||
||----------3-------|---------3--------||
 *use variants on this strum pattern throughout

VERSE 1:
C                            Dm
  He'd always whistle ...
     Fmaj7                          C
  On his way out the back ...
C                              Dm
  So many times he ...
      Fmaj7                           C           C/B
  And rarely did he try to ...
Am                              Em
  Shut off the tractor with ...
F/C                        C
  Set the brake and ...
Am                               Em
  Came home for Christmas, ...
          F/C
  With no presents for ...
       Am
  Only stories for ...


CHORUS 1:
Am                           G(see riff at end)
  Still your Mama ...
                     C    C/B
  She never ...
Am                           G
  Said she couldn't ...
F/C                            Am
  You wondered how it ...


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


CHORUS 2 (same as before)


SOLO:
Am   G   F/C   Am
Am   G   F/C   Am
Am   G   F/C   Am


VERSE 3:
Am                           Em
  And if his suitcase wasn't ...
F/C                      C
  He might not be ...
Am                         Em
  All the sides of him you ...
           F/C
  Would be drifting ....
      Am
  To another ...


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


OUTRO:
  Am   C/B   C



CHORUS RIFF:
   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      (3)32010
Dm     x(0)0231
Fmaj7  x(3)3210
C/B    x22010
Am     (0)02210
Em     0(2)2000
F/C    x3(3)21x
G      320003