SPOKEN INTRO (no music): Let me tell you about a song that I feel explains
itself.  It's called: "Daddy Frank, the Guitar Man."


INTRO:     |  D        |  A        |  D(stop)       |  N/C/


CHORUS:
           |  D                |                |               | 
          Daddy Frank played the guitar and the french harp,
           |                   |               |  A         | 
          Sister played the ringing tambourine.
           |               |                 |            | 
          Mama couldn't hear our pretty music,
               |                   |                   |  D            | 
          She read our lips and helped the family sing.
               D
          That little band was all a part of living,
                                              A
          And our only means of living at the time;

          And it wasn't like no normal family combo,
                                               D
          Cause Daddy Frank the guitar man was blind.


 |  G              |                 |  D           | 
Frank and mama counted on each other;
       |  G            |                    |  Bm           | 
Their one and only weakness made them strong.
 |  G            |                 |  D            | 
Mama did the driving for the family,
     |  Bm           |               |  A            | 
And Frank made a living with a song.


 |  G               |                |  D            | 
Home was just a camp along the highway;
   |  G               |                 |  Bm           | 
A pick-up bed was where we bedded down.
       |  G           |              |  D            | 
Don't ever once remember going hungry,
        |  D      G     |  D      A       |  D         |  D       <-1 strum
But I remember mama cooking on the ground.            per letter

REPEAT CHORUS]


G                             D
Don't remember how they got acquainted;
  G                                Bm
I can't recall just how it came to be.
      G                                D
There had to be some special help from someone,
    Bm                             A
And blessed be the one that let it be.
G                              D
Fever caused my mama's loss of hearing.
G                                Bm
Daddy Frank was born without his sight.
G                                 D
And mama needed someone she could lean on,
     |  D  G          |  D     A        |  D         |  Bb    <-changes key]
And I believe the guitar man was right.


REPEAT CHORUS IN KEY OF Eb Either capo up one fret or substitute
Eb for D , and Bb for A.  FADE OUT TOWARDS END OF CHORUS.