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Daddy Frank
Written and recorded by Merle Haggard

C
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp
                                G7
Sister played the ringing tambourine

Mama couldn't hear our pretty music
                                        C
She read our lips and helped the family sing


That little band was all a part of living
                                    G7
And our only means of living at the time

And it wasn't like no normal family combo
                                     C
Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind

Am                             C
Frank and mama counted on each other
Am                                    C
Their one and only weakness made them strong
F                            C
Mama did the driving for the family
D7                             G7
And Frank made a living with a song

Am                             C
Home was just a camp along the highway
Am                                C
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down
F                              C
Don't ever once remember going hungry
               F    C       G7     C
But I remember mama cooking on the ground

Repeat #1 & 2

Am                            C
Don't remember how they got acquainted
  Am                               C
I can't recall just how it came to be
      F                                C
There had to be some special help from someone
    D7                             G7
And blessed be the one that let it be

Am                             C
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing
Am                               C
Daddy Frank was born without his sight
F                                 C
And mama needed someone she could lean on
        F         C      G7      C
And I believe the guitar man was right

Repeat #1 & 2

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