Chord Song For A Deck Hands Daughter by James McMurtry

Intro C e|-----------------|-----------------| B|---------------1-|---------------1-| G|-------0---------|-----0-----------| D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A|-3---------------|-3---------------| E|---------3-------|---------3-------| 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 C Dm He'd work two weeks out on a river barge Fmaj7 C She worked in the factory, never missed a day C Dm He'd spend his week off holding up the bar Fmaj7 C C/B Never took him long to drink a deck hand's pay Am Em Wind off the river cut the lines on his face F/C C And left him dreaming of some other place Am Em Maybe Memphis town or Baton Rouge F/C When it's cold in Cape Girardeau Am There's nothing much to do Chorus 2 Am G 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 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 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 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| G|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| D|-----0-------0---|-0h2-0---2p0-0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| A|---------0h2-----|-----------------|-0h2-------------|-0-------2-------| E|-3---------------|-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------|