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Date: 9/18/96; 12:04:03 AM
 From: Darragh Egan 
 Subject: Daddy Frank(crd) by Merle Haggard
 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       | A       | D[stop]      | [NC]
 
 CHORUS:         |D               |              |             |
           Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
           |                 |             |A        |
           Sister played the ringing tambourine.
           |             |               |          |
           Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
               |                 |                 |D           |
           She read our lips and helped the family sing.
 
           That [D]little band was all a part of living,
           And our only means of living at the [A]time;
           And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
           Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was [D]blind.
 
 
 |G             |               |D          |
 Frank and mama counted on each other;
       |G           |                  |Bm          |
 Their one and only weakness made them strong.
 |G           |               |D           |
 Mama did the driving for the family,
     |Bm          |             |A           |
 And Frank made a living with a song.
 
 |G              |              |D           |
 Home was just a camp along the highway;
   |G              |               |Bm          |
 A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
       |G          |            |D           |
 Don't ever once remember going hungry,
        |D      G    |D      A      |D        |D       [<-1 strum
 But I remember mama cooking on the ground.            per letter]
 
 
 [REPEAT CHORUS]
 
 
 [G]Don't remember how they got ac[D]quainted;
 I [G]can't recall just how it came to [Bm]be.
 There [G]had to be some special help from [D]someone,
 And [Bm]blessed be the one that let it [A]be.
 
 [G]Fever caused my mama's loss of [D]hearing.
 [G]Daddy Frank was born without his [Bm]sight.
 [G]And mama needed someone she could [D]lean on,
     |D  G         |D     A       |D        |Bb    [<-changes key]
 And I believe the guitar man was right.
 
 
 REPEAT CHORUS IN KEY OF Eb [Either capo up one fret or substitute
 Eb for D, and Bb for A].  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.