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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:46:36 +1300 From: "Kean, John" <keanj@agresearch.cri.nz> Subject: CRD: Song for a Deckhand's Daughter - 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 He'd always whistle "JDmolie Blonde" On Fmaj7his way out the back door on a CFriday night C So many times he just stayed Dmgone And Fmaj7rarely did he try to treat your CMama right C/B Am Shut off the tractor with the Emfield half mowed F/C Set the brake and headed Cdown the road Am Came home for Christmas, never Emsaid where he'd been With no F/Cpresents for the children Only Amstories for the men
CHORUS 1: Am G(see riff at end) Still your Mama called him Daddy
She never told him Cno C/B Am Said she couldn't help but Glove him F/C You wondered how it could be Amso
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 Emstanding in the hall F/C He might not be coming Chome at all Am All the sides of him you Emnever knew before Would be F/Cdrifting down the river To aAmnother 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 , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| ||-----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