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 (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 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
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||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||-----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
