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When Daddy Played Guitar
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I am a songwriter with demos of my work. I have been a staff writer for an established Nashville publisher, and I have several songs on contract with major publishers. I have also been teaching songwriting since 1993 for the Dayton/Cincinnati area in affiliation with the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI).
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #208
Peak in subgenre #35
Author
Jim Melko
Rights
1994
Uploaded
November 23, 2004
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
I was scheduled to play in an outdoor concert for the Classical Guitar Society in Centerville, Ohio. I had only recently started playing halfway decently, and I was nervous about playing in front of all these top-notch players - so I covered by writing a song to honor them, since most of them don't sing. The 1940 Gibson archtop reference, by the way, is legitimate - a good friend of mine is an expert, and there were a few trial models produced and sold (a bit of trivia).
Lyrics
When Daddy Played Guitar (Jim Melko) A 1940 Gibson, an archtop cutaway Daddy worked hard to buy that guitar, then he taught himself to play He used it to court Mama on sultry summer nights The moonlight and those gentle sounds made stars in Mama's eyes CHORUS Nobody played guitar like Daddy did No words could ever say what Daddy said His voice was silent, but he spoke straight from the heart When Daddy played guitar I remember evenings as a child when all the work was done The sunset spilled across the sky while Daddy softly strummed Mama sat beside him and the years would melt away The girl was dancing in her eyes to the love songs that he played REPEAT CHORUS I won't forget the night When Mama passed away She held my hand and closed her eyes And we listened to Daddy play INTERLUDE Daddy finally left us a little at a time Day by day another name would slip right from his mind But then one night I heard the notes ao gentle, sweet and strong Tears filled my eyes when I realized it was Mama's favorite song REPEAT CHORUS © 1994 Pretty Pony Music
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