Lonesome Road Blues

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Green Back Dollar

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

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

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

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

Angel Band

traditional

Key: A

AMy latest sun is Dsinking Afast,
 My race is Enearly Arun,
 My longest trials Dnow are Apassed,
 My triumph Ehas Abegun
EOh come angel Aband,
ECome and around me Astand,
DBear me away on your Asnow white wings,
 To my immortal EhomeA 
DBear me away on your Asnow white wings,
 To my Eimmortal Ahome

Oh, bear my loving heart to him

Who bled and died for me,

Whose blood now cleanses from all sins,

And give me victory

I've almost reached my heavenly home,

My spirit loudly sings,

The holy ones, behold they come,

I hear the noise of wings

Mole in the Ground

traditional

Key: D

DI wish I was a mole in the ground
 Yes, I wish I was a mole in the Aground
 If I's a Dmole in the ground
 I'd Groot that mountain down
 And I Dwish I was a Amole in the Dground

Oh, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Yes, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

If I's a lizard in the spring

I'd hear my darlin' sing

And I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Oh, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Yes, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

With a nine dollar shawl

She could beat them all in all

Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

Kempe, let your hair roll down

Let your hair roll down

and your bangs curl round

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

I been in the bend so long

Yes, I been in the bend so long

I been in the bend

with the rough and rowdy men

Baby, where you been so long?

Oh, I don't like a railroad man

No, I don't like a railroad man

Oh the railroad man

He'll kill you if he can

Drink up your blood like wine

Raleigh & Spencer

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Crawdad Hole

traditional

Key: D

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,
 You get a line and I'll get a pole, ABabe,
DYou get a line and I'll get a pole,
 And Gwe'll go down to that crawdad hole,
DHoney, BAaby mDine.

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Babe,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry,

Gonna sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,

Honey, Baby mine.

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Honey

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Babe

Look at that man with a sack on his back

Packin' all the crawdads he can sack

Honey, Baby mine

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Man fell down, broke his sack, Babe

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Look at all the crawdads scramblin' back

Honey, Baby mine

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Honey,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Babe,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand,

Standin' there waitin' for the crawdad man,

Honey, Baby mine.

Been All Around This World

traditional

Key: D

DUpon the Blue Ridge Mountain, there I'll take my stand
AUpon the Blue Ridge Mountain, Gthere I'll take my Dstand
GRifle on my shoulder, Dsix gun in my hand
 I've Gbeen all Aaround this Dworld

Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door

Lulu, my Lulu, come and open the door

Before I have to walk on in with my old 44

I've been all around this world

Where'd you get that wedding dress and the shoes you wear so fine

Where'd you get that wedding dress and the shoes you wear so fine

I got em from a driver who's moved on down the line

I've been all around this world

Working on that new railroad, mud up to my knees

Working on that new railroad, mud up to my knees

Working for Big John Henry, you know he's so hard to please

I've been all around this world

Mama and Papa, little sister makes 3

Mama and Papa, little sister makes 3

Hanging from the gallows, you'll see the last of me

Lord, Lord, I've been all around this world

Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone

Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone

I don't mind the dying, it's being alive so long

I've been all around this world

On This Cold Prison Wall

George Tolbert

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Who's That Knocking At My Window

Carter Family

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Miss Ferris

John Hartford

Key: D

 Now DI had a teacher when GI went to school,
 She loved the river, and she taDught about it too.
 I'se a Gpretty bad boy, but she cDalled my bluff,
 With her gDreat big collection of stGeamboat stuff. Oh, yDeah!

She had log-books and bells and the things like that,

And she knew the old captains and where they were at.

She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green,

As the Cape Girardeau, she was later renamed, Uh-huh.

 But her vGery favorite, as you all know,
 Was the GoDlden Eagle, Captain Buck's old boat.
 ThGis old stern wheeler sank and went to heaven,
 When DI was in the fourth grade, in nAineteen forty-seven, Uh-huh!

Well, now, fast people in St. Louis society

A-takin' a trip on the Mississippi

Sleepin' in their bunks after an after-dinner drink

They didn't think the boat would sink. Oh, no!

Well, I know Captain Buck was a very sad man

When that old wooden hull went into the sand

And Miss Ferris was sad for sure

But immediately, her mind went to work. Oh, yeah!

Well, she did some politicking that was tricky and hard

And she got the pilot house for the schoolhouse yard

And so, instead of studying, I became a dreamer

Dreaming 'bout boats and the Mississippi River. Uh-huh.

I had to work real hard to get my school work done

Cause you could not fool Miss Ferris none;

And, if I went to sleep or I were not supposed to talk

Oh, she was a dead shot with a little piece of chalk. Uh-huh!{soc}

Oh me, oh my, how the time does fly.

Time and the river keep a-rollin' on by.

Now, I am not a student and she is not a teacher

But, we both still love the Mississippi River. Uh, huh.

Well, I went to see her this Christmas last.

We took a little trip back through the past.

On the easy rocker we looked at pictures

And we dreamed our dreams of the Mississippi River. Uh-huh!

CC Rider

traditional

Key: C

CCC Rider, see what you gone C7done
FCC Rider, see what you gone Cdone
FCC Rider, see what you gone Cdone
Ghey, hey, Fhey, Chey

You made me love you, now your man done come ...

Standin in the kitchen in that morning gown ...

Lookin right at her when that sun went down ...

My home is on the water, I don't like the land at all ...

Caffeine

Hokum High Rollers

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Wild Bill Jones

traditional

Key: C

 As DI went out for to Ctake a little Dwalk
 I walked upon that CWild Bill DJones
 He was Da'walking and a'talking by my Ctrue lover's Dside
 And I Dbid him to Cleave her Dalone

Boys pass around that long-necked bottle

Let's all get on a spree

Today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones

tomorrow be the last of me

He said my age is twenty-one

Too old to be controlled

I drew my revolver from my side

And destroyed that poor boy's soul

He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground

And then he gave one dying moan

He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck

Saying honey won't you take me home

They sent me to prison for twenty long years

This poor boy longs to be free

But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle

Have been the ruin of me

Darling Corey

traditional

Key: C

No chord chart available.

The Cuckoo

traditional

Key: G

GmOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,
 and she warD7bles, as she Gmflies

And she never, hollers cuckoo,

 until the 4th D7day, of Gmuly

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds,

I knowed you from old

You rob my, poor pockets,

of my silver, and my gold

Going to build me a log cabin

on a mountain so high,

So I can see Kevin

as he goes on by

I played cards in England

I played cards in Spain

I'll bet you $100

I'll beat you next game

Jesse James

traditional

Key: G

GJesse James was a man, the Cfinest in the land
GHe robbed the Glendale trDain
GHe stole from the rich and Cgave to the poor
GHe had a heDart, a soul and a brGain

It was on a Friday night the moon was shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

And people all did say, from many miles away

It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

CJesse had a wife who mourned for his lGife
 Three children, they were brDave
GThat dirty little coward who shCot Mr. Howard
 Has lGaid Jesse JaDmes in his grGave

It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward

I wonder how he does feel

For he ate of Jesse's bread and slept in Jesse's bed

and he laid Jesse James in his grave

He was standing on a chair just dustin' a picture there

Thought that he heard a noise

He turned his head around and the bullet smashed him down

and they laid poor Jesse on the floor

People held their breath

when they heard about his death

wondered how he ever came to fall

It was Robert Ford, that little coward,

shot Jesse while he hung a picture on the wall

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

Green Icy Mountain

Traditional

Key: G

 I'm Ggoing across that green icy mountain
Dmountain, mounGtain

I'm going across that green icy mountain

 lest I take Dsick and Gdie

I'm going to see my lover

lover, lover

I'm going to see my lover

lest I take sick and die

She told me that'd she always love me

love me, love me

She told me that'd she always love me

?????

She threw her arms around me

around me, around me

She threw her arms around me

like a vine around a gum

Stagger Lee

traditional

Key: G

GCould been on a rainy morning

Could been on a rainy night

CStagger Lee and Billy DeLyon
 had a great big Gfight
 Oh that Dbad man, that cruel Stagger GLee

Billy DeLyon said, Stagger Lee,

please don't take my life,

I got two little babes,

and a darlin' lovin' wife"

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

"What do I care about two little babes

and a darlin' lovin' wife?

You done stole my Stetson hat,

now I'm gonna take your life"

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee shot Billy

shot the boy so bad,

the bullet went through Billy

and broke the bartender's looking glass

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

Police officer,

tell me how can this be?

You arrest everybody

except cruel Stack O' Lee

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

Gentlemens of the jury

now what do you think of that?

Stagger Lee killed Billy de Lyon

about a five-dollar Stetson hat

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

Now he's standing on the gallows,

with his head way up high.

At twelve o'clock they killed him

we're all glad to see him die

Oh that bad man, that cruel Stagger Lee

Hard, Ain't It Hard

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

GThere is a house in this old town,
 And tChat's where my true love lays aroDund.
 And he taGkes other women right dCown on his knee
 And he tGells them a tDale he won't tell Gme.
 It's hGard and it's hard, ain't it hCard
 To loGve one that never did love yDou?
 It's hGard, and it's hard, ain't it hCard, great God,
 To lGove one that neDver will be trGue

First time I seen my true love

He was walkin' by my door.

The next time I saw his false hearted smile

He was layin' dead and cold on floor.

Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin',

Don't go there your sorrows to drown.

That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace,

It's the meanest old place in this town

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

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

Goodbye Booze

Charlie Pool

Key: G

 She tore my Fclothes
 She swelled my Chead
 So goodbye Gbooze I'm going to Cbed
 I had a good Ftime, but we couldn't Cagree
 So you see what Gbooze has done for Cme

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 ...

St James Infirmary

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Hesitation Blues

traditional

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

Little Girl & Dreadful Snake

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

I Ain't Got No Home

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

GI ain't got no home, I'm Cjust a-roamin' G'round
 Just a wandrin' worker, I Ago from town to Dtown
GPolice make it hard Cwherever I may Ggo
 And I ain't got no home in Dthis world anymore

My brothers and my sisters are stranded on this road

A hot and dusty road that a million feet have trod

Rich man took my home and drove me from my door

And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Was a-farmin' on the shares, and always I was poor

My crops I lay into the banker's store

My wife took down and died upon the cabin floor

And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I mined in your mines and I gathered in your corn

I been working, mister, since the day I was born

Now I worry all the time like I never did before

'Cause I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see

This world is such a great and a funny place to be

Oh, the gamblin' man is rich an' the workin' man is poor

And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

The Carter Family

Key: G

 I was Gstanding by my window
 On one Ccold and cloudy Gday

when I saw that hearse come rolling

 for to carry my Dmother aGway
 Will the Gcircle be unG7broken,
 By and Cby, Lord, by and Gby?

There's a better home a-waiting,

 In the sky, Lord, Din the Gsky.

Lord I told that undertaker

undertaker please drive slow

for this body you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go

I will follow close behind her

try to hold up and be brave

but I could not hide my sorrow

when they laid her in her grave

Worried Man's Blues

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Summertime

George Gershwin

Key: G

EmSummertime,

and the livin' is easy

Am7Fish are jumpin'
 and the Emcotton is B7high C7 B7 
EmYour daddy's rich,

and your momma's good lookin'

 So Ghush little baby,
C7don't B7you Emcry

One of these mornings,

you're gonna rise up singing

Then you'll spread your wings

and you'll take to the sky

But till that morning,

there's a nothin' can harm you

With daddy and mommy

by your side

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