Song For A Deckhands Daughter

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  • 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 "Jolie Blonde"
    Fmaj7 C
    On his way out the back door on a Friday night
  • C Dm
    So many times he just stayed gone
    Fmaj7 C C/B
  • And rarely did he try to treat your Mama right
    Am Em
    Shut off the tractor with the field half mowed
  • F/C C
    Set the brake and headed down the road
    Am Em
  • Came home for Christmas, never said where he'd been
    F/C
    With no presents for the children
  • Am
    Only stories for the men
     
  • CHORUS 1:
    Am G(see riff at end)
    Still your Mama called him Daddy
  • C C/B
    She never told him no
    Am G
  • Said she couldn't help but love him
    F/C Am
    You wondered how it could be 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 Em
  • And if his suitcase wasn't standing in the hall
    F/C C
    He might not be coming home at all
  • Am Em
    All the sides of him you never knew before
    F/C
  • Would be drifting down the river
    Am
    To another 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
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