Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)

Merle Haggard

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SPOKEN INTRO (no music): Let me tell you about a song that I feel explains itself.  It’s called: "Daddy Frank the Guitar Man." INTRO:    |        |        | (stop)      | NC CHORUS:         |               |              |             |           Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp           |                 |             |        |           Sister played the ringing tambourine.           |             |               |          |           Mama couldn’t hear our pretty music               |                 |                 |           |           She read our lips and helped the family sing.           That little band was all a part of living           And our only means of living at the time;           And it wasn’t like no normal family combo           Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind. |             |               |          | Frank and mama counted on each other;       |           |                  |          | Their one and only weakness made them strong. |           |               |           | Mama did the driving for the family     |          |             |           | And Frank made a living with a song. |              |              |           | Home was just a camp along the highway;   |              |               |          | A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.       |          |            |           | Don’t ever once remember going hungry        |          |            |        |        REPEAT CHORUS ()Don’t remember how they got ac()quainted; I ()can’t recall just how it came to ()be. There ()had to be some special help from ()someone And ()blessed be the one that let it ()be. ()Fever caused my mama’s loss of ()hearing. ()Daddy Frank was born without his ()sight. ()And mama needed someone she could ()lean on     |           |            |        |     And I believe the guitar man was right. REPEAT CHORUS IN KEY OF Either capo up one fret or substitute for and for .  FADE OUT TOWARDS END OF CHORUS.

Du même artiste :

La chanson évoque la vie d'une famille unie malgré ses défis. Le père, qui est sourd, joue de la guitare et de l'harmonica, tandis que sa fille accompagne le tout avec un tambourin. Leur mère, qui ne peut pas entendre, lit sur les lèvres et chante avec eux, créant ainsi une belle harmonie familiale. Leur musique représente bien plus qu'un simple passe-temps ; elle est à la fois un moyen de subsistance et un élément central de leur existence. Le contexte de vie itinérante le long des routes montre leur résilience et leur capacité à surmonter les obstacles, révélant une force intérieure qui les unit. Malgré leurs handicaps, cette petite bande trouve toujours des raisons de sourire et de chanter ensemble.