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Date:_Thu,_22_Jan_1998_09:46:36_+1300 

From:_"Kean,_John"_ 

Subject:_CRD:_Song_for_a_Deckhands_Daughter_-_James_McMurtry 

 
 

Song_for_a_Deck_Hands_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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||----------------1-|---------------1--|| 

||*-------0---------|-----0-----------*|| 

||*-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---*|| 

||--3---------------|-3----------------|| 

||----------3-------|---------3--------|| 

_*use_variants_on_this_strum_pattern_throughout 

 
 

 
 

VERSE_1: 

C____________________________Dm 

__Hed_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_hed_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_couldnt_help_but_love_him 

F/C____________________________Am 

__You_wondered_how_it_could_be_so 

 
 

 
 

VERSE_2: 

__Hed_work_two_weeks_out_on_a_river_barge 

__She_worked_in_the_factory,_never_missed_a_day 

__Hed_spend_his_week_off_holding_up_the_bar 

__Never_took_him_long_to_drink_a_deck_hands_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_its_cold_in_Cape_Girardeau 

__Theres_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_wasnt_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_couldnt_tell_him_no 

__Said_she_couldnt_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 

 
 


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