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Theme Time

Bill Emerson

Key: A

G    F D 
G    F D 
C G A D 
G    F D 

Green Back Dollar

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Lonesome Road Blues

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

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Pretty Little Gal

Pappy Taylor

Key: A

fiddle tune, sort of modal-y

Sow Em On The Mountain

Traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Lil Liza Jane/Crow Red Rooster

traditional

Key: A

Lil Liza Jane

G Em G C D x4

Crow Red Rooster

C G C D x2
C G D  C D G x2

Standing on the Mountain

Jim & Jesse

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Good Ole Mountain Dew

traditional

Key: A

 There's a Avending machine

down the road here from me

 where you Dput in a quarter or Atwo

You put your money in

and before you begin

 you're chugging that Egood ole mountain Adew

They call it that ole mountain dew

And them that refuse it are few

I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug

With that good ole mountain dew

My uncle Mort he's sawed off and he's short

He measures bout four foot two

But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint

Of that good old mountain dew

My brother Bill's got a house on the hill

where he buys it by the case or two

And the buzzards in the sky get so sick they can't fly

from smelling that good ole mountain dew

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Devils Dream

traditional

Key: A

A F#m 
A 
D A E A 

Miss Me When I'm Gone

Carter Family

Key: A

AYou're going to miss me when I'm gone
 You're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone
 You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone
AYou're going to miss me by my walk
 You're going to Dmiss me by my talk
 You Aknow, you're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone

You're going to miss me by my hair

You're going to miss me everywhere

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

You're going to miss me by my knees

You're going to miss me if you please

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

 Oh when I'm Dgone, When I'm Agone
 You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone
 You're going to Amiss me by my walk
 You're going to Dmiss me by my talk
 You know, you're going to Emiss me when I'm Agone

Feast Here Tonight

Traditional

Key: A

AThere's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog
 How will I get him I Eknow
 I'll Aget me a briar and twist it in his hair
 That Eway I'll get him I Aknow
 I Dknow (yes I know) I Aknow (I surely know)
 That's how I'll get him I Eknow
 I'll Aget me a briar and twist in his hair
 That way I'll Eget him I Aknow

I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare

Roll him in the flames and make him brown

Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright

And find me a place to lie down

To lie down (to lie down) to lie down (to lie down)

Find me a place to lie down

Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright

And find me a place to lie down

I'm going down that track with my coat and my bag

Soles on my shoes are nearly gone

A little ways ahead there's a farmer's shed

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

A little way's ahead there's a farmer's shed

That's where I'll rest my weary bones

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Monroes Hornpipe

Bill Monroe

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Waterbound

traditional

Key: A

AWaterbound and I can’t get across
EWaterbound and I can’t get across
AWaterbound and I can’t get F#across
ADown in ENorth CaroAlina
F# A 
F# A E A 

Wake up Charlie let’s go home…

Dance all night with a bottle in my hand…

Possum In A Well

Traditional

Key: D

Fiddle tune!

Flop Eared Mule

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Lady of the Lake

Traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Who's That Knocking At My Window

Carter Family

Key: D

No chord chart available.

On This Cold Prison Wall

George Tolbert

Key: D

No chord chart available.

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Flint Hill Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Rank Stranger

Stanley Brothers

Key: G

 I wandered Gagain to my Dhome in the Gmountains
 Where in youth's early dawn I was happy and Afree   D 
 I looked for my Gfriends, but I Dnever could Gfind them
 I found they were all rank Dstrangers to Gme

Everybody I met (everybody I met)

 Seemed to Cbe a rank Gstranger (seemed to Cbe a rank Gstranger)

No mother nor dad (no mother or dad)

 Not a friend could I Asee (not a friend could I Dsee)
 They knew not my Gname (they knew not my name)
 And I Dknew not their Gfaces (and I Dknew not their Gfaces)

I found they were all (I found they were all)

 Rank strangers Dto Gme (rank Dstrangers to Gme)

"They've all moved away, " said the voice of a stranger

"To a beautiful land by the bright crystal sea"

Some beautiful day I'll meet 'em in heaven

Where no one will be a stranger to me

Rueben

traditional

Key: G

GOl Reuben made a train & he put it on a track
 He ran it to the Lord Fknows Gwhere
 Oh me, oh my ran it to the FLord knows Gwhere

Should been in town when Reuben's train went down

You could hear that whistle blow 100 miles

Oh me, oh my you could hear the whistle blow 100 miles

Last night I lay in jail had no money to go my bail

Lord how it sleeted & it snowed

Oh me, oh my Lord how it sleeted & it snowed

I've been to the East, I've been to the West

I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow

Oh me, oh my I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow

Oh the train that I ride is 100 coaches long

You can hear the whistle blow 100 miles

Oh me, oh my you can hear the whistle blow 100 miles

I got myself a blade, laid Reuben in the shade,

I'm startin' me a graveyard of my own.

Oh, me, oh lordy my, startin' me a graveyard of my own.

Ol Reuben made a train & he put it on a track

He ran it to the Lord knows where

Oh me, oh my ran it to the Lord knows where

Tunes

Foggy Mountain Special

Earl Scruggs

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Highway Home

traditional

Key: G

Black smoke a-rising and it surely is a train

Surely is a train, Lord, it surely is a train

Black smoke a-rising and it surely is a train

I'm on my long journey home

Lost all my money but two dollar bill

Two dollar bill, Lord, two dollar bill

Lost all my money but two dollar bill

I'm on my long journey home

GTraveling the highway home
 I'm Ctraveling the highway Ghome

Oh narrow's the way thank God I can say

 I'm traveling the Dhighway Ghome

Going toward the sunset of time

Traveling the highway home

Rid this world of sin far behind

Traveling the highway home

Well ol' Satan said I’d never be

Traveling the highway home

When I resisted he had to flee

Traveling the highway home

Sometimes the road seems weary and long

Traveling the highway home

But in my heart there's always a song

Traveling the highway home

Hop High Lulu

traditional

Key: G

GWell where did you get them Fhigh top Gshoes?
 And that dress that you Fwear so Gfine?
 I got my shoes from a Frailroading Gman
 And my dress is from a driver Fin the Gmine
Chop high, hop high
 Hop high my Dlulu Ggirl
Chop high, hop high
 Hop high my Dlulu Ggirl

Well where have you been my pretty lulu girl?

Where have you been so long?

Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men

And honey I'm goin' back again

Well I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain

I'll pawn you my gold wedding ring

To pay my little lulu girl's fine

I'll pawn you my wagon and my team

Policeman

traditional

Key: G

GPoliceman come, knock on my door this morning
CPoliceman come, knock on my door this Gmorning
CPoliceman come, Gknock on my door
Dshot him in the head with Cmy .44 this Gmorning

I've got a secret I ain't gonna tell...

Keep my whiskey in a coconut shell

Down went the trigger, bang went the gun...

Should have seen him run

Tunes

Cold Frosty Morning

traditional

Key: G

A part

Am G 
Am  G Am 

B part

Am G 
Am C D Am G Am 

Caffeine

Hokum High Rollers

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Goodbye Booze

Charlie Pool

Key: C

 She tore my Bbclothes
 She swelled my Fhead
 So goodbye Cbooze I'm going to Fbed
 I had a good Bbtime, but we couldn't Fagree
 So you see what Cbooze has done for Fme

Oh goodbye booze forever more

My boozing days will soon be o'er

I had a good time, but we couldn't agree

So you see what booze has done for me

Well she slammed my head

She broke my heart

So goodbye booze its time we part

I had a good time ...

Well she whispered low, how sweet it sounds

Won't don't you take another ride on the merry go round

I had a good time ...

Spent

John Davey

Key: C

No chord chart available.

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Soldiers Joy

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

All You Fascists Bound To Lose

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

 I'm gonna Gtell all you fascists,

you may be surprised

CPeople all over this world
 are getting Gorganized
 You fascists are bound to Glose
DAll you fascists are bound to lose

You fascists are bound to lose

You fascists are bound to lose

You're bound to lose, you fascists

 Are bound to Glose

Race hatred cannot stop us,

this one thing I know

Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed

have got to go

People of every color marching

side by side

Marching across these fields

where a million fascists died

I'm going into this battle,

take my union gun

Gonna end this world of slavery

before this war is won

Take a Whiff on Me

Memphis Jug Band

Key: G

GGoing down Sixth Street, coming down Main
CTrying to bum a nickel for to buy cocaine
DHey, hey, honey take a whiff on Gme

Take a whiff on me, take a whiff on me

All you rounders take a whiff on me

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

I've got a woman, she's ten feet tall

Her head in the kitchen, feet in the hall

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Two old women fishing in a creek

ain't caught a man since late last week

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Cocaine's for horses not for men

doctor say it'll kill you but he won't say when

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

I'm a-walkin' down the road with my hat in my hand

Lookin' for a woman who needs a banjo man,

Hey, hey, baby take a whiff on me.

Lonesome Valley

traditional

Key: G

 You gotta Gwalk that lonesome valley
 You gotta Dwalk it by Gyourself
 Ain't nobody Celse can walk it Gfor you
 You gotta Dwalk it by Gyourself

They say John, he was a Baptist

He ate locusts and honey too

But he had to walk that lonesome valley

And you will have to walk it too

You gotta sleep in that lonesome graveyard

You gotta sleep there by yourself

Can't nobody else sleep there for you

You gotta sleep there by yourself

You know your mama truly loves you

And your woman she does too

Though they may beg you to go with them

You know they can not go for you