Tom: D
D
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp,
A
sister played the ringing tambourine.
A7 A
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
A7 D
she read our lips and helped the family sing.
That little band was all a part of living,
A
and our only means of living at the time,
A7 A
and it wasn't like no normal family combo,
A7 D
'cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
Bm D
Frank and mama counted on each other,
Bm D
their one and only weakness made them strong.
G D
Hey, mama did the driving for the family,
E A
and Frank made a living with a song.
Bm D
Home was just a camp along the highway,
Bm D
a pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
G D
Don't ever once remember going hungry,
D G D A D
but I remember mama cooking on the ground.
D
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp,
A
sister played the ringing tambourine.
A7 A
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
A7 D
she read our lips and helped the family sing.
That little band was all a part of living,
A
and our only means of living at the time,
A7 A
and it wasn't like no normal family combo,
A7 D
'cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
Bm D
Don't remember how they got acquainted,
Bm D
I can't recall just how it came to be.
G D
But there had to be some special help from someone,
E A
and blessed be the one that let it be.
Bm D
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing,
Bm D
Daddy Frank was born without his sight.
G D
And mama needed someone she could lean on,
D G D A D
and I believe the guitar man was right.
D
Daddy Frank played the guitar and the French harp,
A
sister played the ringing tambourine.
A7 A
Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
A7 D
she read our lips and helped the family sing.
That little band was all a part of living,
A
and our only means of living at the time,
A7 A
and it wasn't like no normal family combo,
A7 D
'cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.
