Song For A Deckhands - James McMurtry

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Song For A Deckhands chords

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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-------|-----------------||


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