That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Adapted from Tex Bonnet's reproduction of this folk song, as collected in the Paradise Valey, Nevada Folklife Project.


4 -4  5    5 5      5   -4  5  -4   4 
In a vine-covered shack in the mountains,
  3  4   5   4    5   6 -5  5  -4   
Bravely fighting the battle of time,
 4  -4  5    4    3   -3  -4   5    -5  5
Lies a dear one whose weather lines battle--
 5     5   5 -4   5     -5 5  -4  4
It's that silver haired daddy of mine.
-3  -4   -4   -4 5   -4   5  -4   4
 If  I  could recall all the heartaches,
 3    4   5 4    5    6     -5  5  -4
Dear old Daddy, I've caused you to bear,
3   4    4   -4 5    4    4     -4   5   -5
If  I  could erase those lines from your face
-4    5    5    6   -6  6   -6   6
And bring back the gold to your hair.
5   5   5   5     5    5   -4  5  -4 4 
Oh, if God would but grant me the power
 3    4  5    4    5   6 -5  5 -4
Just to turn back the pages of time,
 5   5    6    5 -4  4    4 -4    4    4  3  4          
I'd give all that I own, if  I  could but atone
4   -4   5 -4    5    -5 5  -4  4
To that silver haired daddy of mine.

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