Chords for Arkansas Traveler on Mountain Dulcimer

Tempo:
133.55 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

G

B

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Arkansas Traveler on Mountain Dulcimer chords
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[D]
[A] [D]
Oh, once upon a [A] time down in [D] Arkansas, [A] An [D] old man sat [A] in his little cabin [D] door,
And fiddled at a [A] tune that he [D] liked to [G] hear, A jolly old tune [D] that he played by [G] ear.
[D] It was [A] raining hard, [D] but the fiddler [A] didn't care,
[D] He [A] sawed away [D] at the [A] popular air, [D] Though his roof [A]-tree leaked like a waterfall,
[G] That didn't seem to bother [D] the man at [G] all.
[D] A traveler was [A] riding [D] by that [A] day, And [D] stopped to [A] hear him a [D]-practicing away,
The cabin was [A] afloat and his feet [D] were wet, But still the old man didn't seem to fret.
[G]
[D] So the [A] stranger [D] said, now the way [A] it seems to [D] me,
You'd [A] better [D] mend your [A] roof, said he, [D] But the [A] old man [D] said as he [A] played away,
[G] I couldn't mend it now [D] on a rainy day.
[G]
[D] The traveler [A] replied, that's all [D] quite [A] true, But [D] this, I think, is [A] the [B] thing to [A] do,
[D] Get busy on a day [A] that is [D] fair and bright, [G] Then patch the old roof [D] till it's good and tight.
[G]
[D] But the [A] old man [D] kept on a-playing [A] at his reel,
[D] And [A] tapped the [D] ground with his [A] leathery heel, [D] Get along, [A] said he, [D] for you give me [Am] a pain,
[G] My cabin never leaks [D] when it doesn't rain.
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
B
12341112
Am
2311
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
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_ _ _ _ _ Oh, once upon a [A] time down in [D] Arkansas, [A] An [D] old man sat [A] in his little cabin [D] door,
And fiddled at a [A] tune that he [D] liked to [G] hear, A jolly old tune [D] that he played by [G] ear. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ It was [A] raining hard, [D] but the fiddler [A] didn't care,
[D] He [A] sawed away [D] at the [A] popular air, [D] Though his roof [A]-tree leaked like a _ waterfall,
[G] That didn't seem to bother [D] the man at [G] all. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ A traveler was [A] riding [D] by that [A] day, And [D] stopped to [A] hear him a [D]-practicing away,
The cabin was [A] afloat and his feet [D] were wet, But still the old man didn't seem to fret.
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_ [D] _ _ _ So the [A] stranger [D] said, now the way [A] it seems to [D] me,
You'd [A] better [D] mend your [A] roof, said he, [D] But the [A] old man [D] said as he [A] played away,
[G] I couldn't mend it now [D] on a rainy day.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ The traveler [A] replied, that's all [D] quite [A] true, But [D] this, I think, is [A] the [B] thing to [A] do,
[D] Get busy on a day [A] that is [D] fair and bright, [G] Then patch the old roof [D] till it's good and tight.
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_ [D] _ _ _ But the [A] old man [D] kept on a-playing [A] at his reel,
[D] And [A] tapped the [D] ground with his [A] leathery heel, [D] Get along, [A] said he, [D] for you give me [Am] a pain,
[G] My cabin never leaks [D] when it doesn't rain.
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