Chords for Big Rock Candy Mountain
Tempo:
122.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[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.
I'm [D] headed for a land that's far away, beside the [G] crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll go and see the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land that's [C] fair and bright, [Dm] where the handouts
grow [C] on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun [C] shines every day, [D] on the birds and the bees
and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have wooden [C]
legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have
rubber teeth, and the hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs.
[C] The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full of [C] 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 [Am] never change your [C] socks, and [F] the little streams
of [C] alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their [Am] hats, and the railroad [C] bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey tube, 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, and you can 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-going to [Cm] stay where you sleep all day, where they [C] hung the Turk that invented [G] the
work, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
[F] [C] I'll see you all this coming fall [G] in the big rock candy [G] mountains.
[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.
I'm [D] headed for a land that's far away, beside the [G] crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll go and see the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land that's [C] fair and bright, [Dm] where the handouts
grow [C] on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun [C] shines every day, [D] on the birds and the bees
and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have wooden [C]
legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have
rubber teeth, and the hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs.
[C] The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full of [C] 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 [Am] never change your [C] socks, and [F] the little streams
of [C] alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their [Am] hats, and the railroad [C] bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey tube, 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, and you can 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-going to [Cm] stay where you sleep all day, where they [C] hung the Turk that invented [G] the
work, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
[F] [C] I'll see you all this coming fall [G] in the big rock candy [G] mountains.
Key:
C
G
F
Am
D
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ [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.
I'm [D] headed for a land that's far away, beside the [G] crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll go and see the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land that's [C] fair and bright, [Dm] where the handouts
grow [C] on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun [C] shines every day, [D] on the birds and the bees
and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
_ _ In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have wooden [C]
legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have
rubber teeth, and the hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs.
[C] The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full of [C] 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 [Am] never change your [C] socks, and [F] the little streams
of [C] alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their [Am] hats, and the railroad [C] bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey tube, 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, and you can 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-going to [Cm] stay where you sleep all day, where they [C] hung the Turk that invented [G] the
work, in the big rock candy [C] mountains. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] I'll see you all this coming fall [G] in the big rock candy [G] mountains. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [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.
I'm [D] headed for a land that's far away, beside the [G] crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll go and see the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land that's [C] fair and bright, [Dm] where the handouts
grow [C] on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun [C] shines every day, [D] on the birds and the bees
and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
_ _ In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have wooden [C]
legs, [G] and the bulldogs all [C] have
rubber teeth, and the hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs.
[C] The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are full of [C] 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 [Am] never change your [C] socks, and [F] the little streams
of [C] alcohol come a [G]-trickling down the rocks.
[C] The brakemen have to tip their [Am] hats, and the railroad [C] bulls are blind.
[D] There's a lake of stew and a whiskey tube, 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, and you can 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-going to [Cm] stay where you sleep all day, where they [C] hung the Turk that invented [G] the
work, in the big rock candy [C] mountains. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] I'll see you all this coming fall [G] in the big rock candy [G] mountains. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _