Song For A Deckhands Daughter chords by James Mcmurtry

Song for a Deck Hand's Daughter - James McMurtry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>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 ...
   Fmaj7             C
 On his way out the back ...
C               Dm
 So many times he ...
   Fmaj7              C      C/B
 And rarely did he try to ...
Am               Em
 Shut off the tractor with ...
F/C            C
 Set the brake and ...
Am                Em
 Came home for Christmas, ...
     F/C
 With no presents for ...
    Am
 Only stories for ...


CHORUS 1:
Am              G(see riff at end)
 Still your Mama ...
           C  C/B
 She never ...
Am              G
 Said she couldn't ...
F/C              Am
 You wondered how it ...


VERSE 2:
 He'd work two weeks out on a river b...


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 ...
F/C           C
 He might not be ...
Am             Em
 All the sides of him you ...
      F/C
 Would be drifting ....
   Am
 To another ...


CHORUS 3: (chords as before)
 Still your Mama called him ....


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