Chords for Song For A Deck Hands Daughter

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He'd always whistle [Dm] jolly blong _ [C] on his way out the back door on a Friday night. _
So many times he just [Dm] stayed gone. _ _
[C] Rarely did he try to treat your mama right. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Shut [E] off the tractor [Em] with the field half mowed.
[F] _ Set the brake and [G] headed down the road.
_ [E] Came home for Christmas, never said where he'd been.
[F] With no presents for the children, [E] only stories for the [Em] men.
_ Still your mama [G] called him daddy.
_ _ _ She never told him no.
_ _ [Am] _ Said she couldn't [G] help but love him.
_ [F] He wondered how it [Am] could be so. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] He'd work two weeks [Dm] out on a river barge.
[F] She worked in the factory and [C] never missed a day. _
_ Spent his week off [Dm] holding up the bar. _
[F] Never took him long to [C] drink a deckhand's pay.
_ _ _ _ [A] Wind off the [Em] river cut the lines on his face.
[F] _ And left him dreaming [C] of some other place.
_ [A] _ Maybe Memphis [Em] town or Baton Rouge.
[F] When it's cold in Cape Girardeau [A] there's nothing much to do.
[Am] _ Still your mama [G] called him daddy.
_ _ _ She never [C] told him no.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ Said she couldn't [G] help but love him.
_ _ [F] He wondered how it could [Am] be so. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ And if his suitcase [E] wasn't [Em] standing in the hall.
[C] He might not be coming [E] home at all.
_ [A] And all the sides [Em] of him you never knew before
would [C] be drifting down the river through [Am] another back door.
_ _ Still your mama [G] called him daddy.
_ _ _ _ She couldn't tell [C] him no.
_ [E] _ Said she couldn't [G] help but love a man like that.
[F] He wondered how it could be [Am] so. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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