Chords for Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock
Tempo:
158.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Am]
[C]
One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo hiking.
And he said, boys, I'm not turning.
[D] I'm headed for a land that's far away, [Dm]
beside the [G] crystal fountains.
So come with me, we'll go and see the Big [C] Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] there's a land that's fair [C] and bright, [Dm] where the handouts [C] grow on bushes.
And you sleep out [G] every night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines [C] every day.
[D] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebirds [G] sing, in the Big Rock Candy [C]
Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the hens [Am] lay soft [G]-boiled eggs.
The [C] farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full [C] of hay.
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall, the wind don't [G] blow, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you [F] never change [C] your socks, [G] and the little [C] streams of alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey too, you can paddle all around them in a big canoe, [G] in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the jails are made of tin, [F] and you can [C] walk right out again as soon as you [G] are in.
[C] There ain't no short-handled shovels, [Am] no axes, saws, [C] or picks.
[Am] I'm a-gonna [C] stay where you sleep all [F] day, where they hung [C] the Turk that invented [G] work, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
I'll see you all this coming [G] fall in the Big Rock Candy [G] Mountains.
[N]
[C]
One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo hiking.
And he said, boys, I'm not turning.
[D] I'm headed for a land that's far away, [Dm]
beside the [G] crystal fountains.
So come with me, we'll go and see the Big [C] Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] there's a land that's fair [C] and bright, [Dm] where the handouts [C] grow on bushes.
And you sleep out [G] every night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines [C] every day.
[D] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebirds [G] sing, in the Big Rock Candy [C]
Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the hens [Am] lay soft [G]-boiled eggs.
The [C] farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full [C] of hay.
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall, the wind don't [G] blow, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you [F] never change [C] your socks, [G] and the little [C] streams of alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey too, you can paddle all around them in a big canoe, [G] in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the jails are made of tin, [F] and you can [C] walk right out again as soon as you [G] are in.
[C] There ain't no short-handled shovels, [Am] no axes, saws, [C] or picks.
[Am] I'm a-gonna [C] stay where you sleep all [F] day, where they hung [C] the Turk that invented [G] work, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
[F] [C]
[F] [C]
I'll see you all this coming [G] fall in the Big Rock Candy [G] Mountains.
[N]
Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo hiking.
And he said, boys, I'm not turning. _
[D] I'm headed for a land that's far away, [Dm]
beside the [G] crystal fountains.
So come with me, we'll go and see the Big [C] Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] there's a land that's fair [C] and bright, [Dm] where the handouts [C] grow on bushes.
And you sleep out [G] every night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines [C] every day.
[D] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebirds [G] sing, in the Big Rock Candy [C]
Mountains.
_ _ _ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, _ [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the hens [Am] lay soft [G]-boiled eggs.
The [C] farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full [C] of hay.
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall, the wind don't [G] blow, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
_ _ _ _ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you [F] never change [C] your socks, [G] and the little [C] streams of alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey too, you can paddle all around them in a big canoe, [G] in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains. _ _
_ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the jails are made of tin, [F] and you can [C] walk right out again as soon as you [G] are in.
[C] There ain't no short-handled shovels, [Am] no axes, saws, [C] or picks.
[Am] I'm a-gonna [C] stay where you sleep all [F] day, where they hung [C] the Turk that invented [G] work, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C]
I'll see you all this coming [G] fall in the Big Rock Candy [G] Mountains. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo hiking.
And he said, boys, I'm not turning. _
[D] I'm headed for a land that's far away, [Dm]
beside the [G] crystal fountains.
So come with me, we'll go and see the Big [C] Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] there's a land that's fair [C] and bright, [Dm] where the handouts [C] grow on bushes.
And you sleep out [G] every night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines [C] every day.
[D] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebirds [G] sing, in the Big Rock Candy [C]
Mountains.
_ _ _ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, _ [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the hens [Am] lay soft [G]-boiled eggs.
The [C] farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full [C] of hay.
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall, the wind don't [G] blow, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains.
_ _ _ _ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you [F] never change [C] your socks, [G] and the little [C] streams of alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey too, you can paddle all around them in a big canoe, [G] in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains. _ _
_ In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, the jails are made of tin, [F] and you can [C] walk right out again as soon as you [G] are in.
[C] There ain't no short-handled shovels, [Am] no axes, saws, [C] or picks.
[Am] I'm a-gonna [C] stay where you sleep all [F] day, where they hung [C] the Turk that invented [G] work, in the Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C]
I'll see you all this coming [G] fall in the Big Rock Candy [G] Mountains. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _