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Rocky Top

Jim,

—Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

Wish that I was on ole Rocky Top,
Down in the Tennessee hills.
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top,
Ain't no telephone bills.

Once there was a girl on Rocky Top,
Half bear the other half cat.
Wild as a mink, sweet as soda pop,
I still dream about that.

Chorus:
Rocky Top, you'll always be
Home sweet home to me.
Good ole Rocky Top,
Rocky Top Tennessee, Rocky Top Tennessee.

Once two strangers climbed on Rocky Top,
Lookin' for a moonshine still.
Strangers ain't come back from Rocky Top,
Guess they never will.

Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top,
Dirt's too rocky by far.
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar.

Now I've had years of cramped up city life,
Trapped like a duck in a pen.
Now all I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again.

Rocky Top Tennessee, Rocky Top Tennessee.
Yeah Rocky Top Tennesee eee eee eee.

Verse:

I I IV I
VIm V I I

Chorus:

VIm VIm V V
VII VII IV IV
IV IV I I
I VII I I

 

Rocky Road Blues

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

Chorus:
Now the road is rocky, but it won't be rocky long (X2)
Another man has got my woman and gone

I've got those blues, I'm wearing out the soles of my shoes (X2)
My gal went away and left me she left me with the dog gone blues

You'll never miss your water til the well runs dry (X2)
You'll never miss your woman until she says goodbye

I wish to the Lord you'd bring my woman back home (X2)
I'm not so lonesome, just don't want to be alone

I I I I
IV IV I I
V V V I I

 

Red River Valley

Jim,

From this valley they say you are goin'
I will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are takin' the sunshine
That has brightened our pathway the while

Do you think of the valley you're leavin'
Oh how lonely and dreary it will be
Do you think of the fond heart you're breakin'
And the sadness you've cast over me

For a long time my dear, I've been waiting
For the words that you never would say
And alas my poor heart you are breakin'
For they tell me you're goin' away

As you go to your home by the ocean
May you never forget those sweet hours
That we spent in the Red River Valley
And the love we exchanged mid the flowers

Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
But remember the Red River Valley
And the one that has loved you so true

Verse:

I I I I
I I V V
I I IV IV
I V I I

 

Pig In a Pen

Jim,

Chorus:
I got a pig at home in a pen
Corn to feed him on
All I need's a pretty little girl
To feed I'm when I'm gone

Going up on a mountain
To sow a little cane
Raise a barrel of sorghum
Sweet little Liza Jane

Black clouds arising
Sure sign of rain
Put that old gray bonnet
On little Liza Jane

Yonder comes that gal of mine
How do you think I know
Know her by that gingham gown
Hanging down so low

Bake them biscuits baby
Bake em good and brown
When you get them biscuits baked
We're Alabama bound

Verse and Chorus:

I I I IV
I I V I

 


On and On

Jim,

—Bill Monroe

Traveling down this long lonesome highway
I'm so lonesome I could cry
With memories of how we once loved each other
And now you are saying good—bye

Chorus:
On and on I'll follow my darling
And I wonder where she can be
On and on I'll follow my darling
I wonder if she ever thinks of me

I've cried I've cried for you little darling
It breaks my heart to hear you name
My friends they all so loved you my darling
And they think that I'm to blame

I had to follow you little darling
I can't sleep when the sun goes down
Cause by your side is my destination
The road is clear and there's where I'm bound

Verse and Chorus:

I I IV I
I I V V
I I IV I
I V I I

 

Old Home Place

Jim,

—Dean Webb and Mitchell Jayne

It's been ten long years since I left my home
In the hollow where I was born.
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise,
And a fox hunter blows his horn.

I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true.
I ran away to Charlottesville
and worked in a sawmill or two.

Chorus:
What have they done to the old home place,
why did they tear it down?
And why did I leave the plow in the field,
and look for a job in the town.

Well, the girl ran off with somebody else
the taverns took all my pay.
And here I stand where the old home stood
before they took it away.

Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
as I stand here and hang my head.
I've lost my love, I've lost my home
and now I wish that I was dead.

Verse:

I III7 IV I
I I V V
I III7 IV I
I V I I

Chorus:

V V I I
II II V V
I III7 IV I
I V I I

 

Nine Pound Hammer

Jim,

This nine pound hammer is a little too heavy
For my size, Buddy for my size

Refrain:
Roll on buddy, don't you roll so slow
How can I roll, when the wheels won't roll

I'm going to the mountain, just to see my baby
And I ain't coming back, no I ain't coming back

There ain't one hammer, down in this tunnel
That can ring like mine, that can ring like mine

Refrain:
Rings like silver, shines like gold
Rings like silver, shines like gold

This old hammer, it killed John Henry
Ain't gonna kill me, ain't gonna kill me

It's a long way to Harlan, and a long way to Hazard
Just to get a little booze, just to get a little booze

Buddy when I'm log gone, won't you make my tombstone
Out of number nine coal, out of number nine coal

Verse and Refrain:

I I IV IV
I V I I

 

New River Train

Jim,

Darlin' you can't love one (X2)
You can't love one and have any fun
Oh darlin' you can't love one

Chorus:
I'm ridin' that New River train (X2)
The same old train that brought me here
Is gonna carry me home again

Oh darlin' you can't love two (X2)
You can't love two and your little heart be true
Oh darlin' you can't love two

Darlin' you cant love three (X2)
You can't love three and still be true to me
Oh darlin' you cant love three

Oh darlin' you cant love four (X2)
You can't love four and love me any more
Oh darlin' you cant love four

Monroe stops here, but Doc continues…

Darlin' you cant love five (X2)
You can't love five you'll be sorry you're alive
Oh darlin' you cant love five

Oh darlin' you cant love six (X2)
You can't love six six will never mix
Oh darlin' you cant love six

Oh darlin' you cant love seven (X2)
You can't love seven it might as well be 'leven
Oh darlin' you cant love seven

Oh darlin' you cant love eight (X2)
You can't love eight for a date they'll show up late
Oh darlin' you cant love eight

Oh darlin' you cant love nine (X2)
You can't love nine keep them danglin' on a line
Oh darlin' you cant love nine

Oh darlin' you cant love ten (X2)
You can't love ten when can I see you again
Oh darlin' you cant love ten

Verse:

I I I I
I I V V
I I IV IV
I V I I

 

My Home's Across the Blueridge Mountains

Jim,

—The Carter Family

Chorus:
My home's across the blue ridge mountains
My home's across the blue ridge mountains
My home's across the blue ridge mountains
And I never expect to see you anymore

How can I keep from crying? (X3)
For I never expect to see you anymore

Oh how I hate to leave you (X3)
For I never expect to see you anymore

So goodbye my little darling (X3)
I never expect to see you anymore

Verse:

I I I I
V V I I
I I I I
V V I I

 

My Bucket's Got a Hole In It

Jim,

Chorus:
Yea, my bucket's got a hole In It
Yea, my bucket's got a hole In It
Yea, my bucket's got a hole In It
I can't buy no beer.

Well I'm standin' on a corner with a bucket in my hand
I'm waitin' for a woman that ain't got no man.

Well, I went upon the mountain I looked down in the sea
I seen the crabs and the fishes doin' the be-bop-bee.

Well, there ain't no use of me workin' so hard
When I got a woman in the boss man's yard.

Well, me and my baby we just bought a Ford
And now we sit together on the running board.

Chorus and Verse:

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