Chord/Tab song: Song for a Deck Hand's Daughter

Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:46:36 +1300
From: "Kean, John"
Subject: CRD: Song for a Deckhand's Daughter - James McMurtry

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

Transcribed by John Kean ([email protected]).

Standard tuning, no capo.

INTRO:
[C], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .


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use variants on this strum pattern throughout

VERSE 1:
[C] He'd always whistle "Jolie [Dm]Blonde"
On [Fmaj7]his way out the back door on a [C]Friday night
[C] So many times he just stayed [Dm]gone
And [Fmaj7]rarely did he try to treat your [C]Mama right[C/B]
[Am] Shut off the tractor with the [Em]field half mowed
[F/C] Set the brake and headed [C]down the road
[Am] Came home for Christmas, never [Em]said where he'd been
With no [F/C]presents for the children
Only [Am]stories for the men

CHORUS 1:
Am G(see riff at end)
Still your Mama called him Daddy
She never told him [C]no[C/B]
[Am] Said she couldn't help but [G]love him
[F/C] You wondered how it could be [Am]so

VERSE 2:
He'd work two weeks out on a river barge
She worked in the factory, never missed a day
He'd spend his week off holding up the bar
Never took him long to drink a deck hand's pay
Wind off the river cut the lines on his face
And left him dreaming of some other place
Maybe Memphis town or Baton Rouge
When it's cold in Cape Girardeau
There's nothing much to do

CHORUS 2 (same as before)

SOLO:
[Am] [G] [F/C] [Am]
[Am] [G] [F/C] [Am]
[Am] [G] [F/C] [Am]

VERSE 3:
[Am] And if his suitcase wasn't [Em]standing in the hall
[F/C] He might not be coming [C]home at all
[Am] All the sides of him you [Em]never knew before
Would be [F/C]drifting down the river
To a[Am]nother back door

CHORUS 3: (chords as before)
Still your Mama called him Daddy
She couldn't tell him no
Said she couldn't help but love a man like that
You wondered how it could be so

OUTRO:
[Am] [C/B] [C]
CHORUS RIFF:
[G], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .



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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