_
G#m _
C# _ _ _ _ _
G#m _ .
_ _
A _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
E _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
C _
C#m _ Gone are the days
D# when the
E ox fall down,
B You take up the old
A pile of fields
G around.
C _
C#m Gone are the
E days when the lady said
A please, Gentlemen that you know won't you
E come.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
B Proud eyed women and red _
A grenadine, The bottom grows dusty but
E the middle
B is clean.
_
A Sound of
C#m thunder with the rain fall down,
F#m And it looks like the war games, _
E it won.
_ _ _ _ .
_
B _
C#m _ _ 1920
D# when
E he stepped to the bar, _
B Drank to the trace
A of the whiskey jug.
C#m _ _ 1930
E when the ball came in,
A He paid his way selling red
E eye gin.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
B E Proud eyed
B women and red grenadine,
E A The bottom grows dusty
E but the middle
B is clean.
A Sound of thunder
E.
with the rain
C#m fall down,
F#m And it looks like the war games,
A _
E it won.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _
C#m _ _ _ _
E _ _ .
_ _ _
B _ _ _ _
A _ .
_ _ _
C#m _ _ _ _
E _ .
Delilah _ _
A _ _ _ _ .
_ _
E _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
C _
C#m _ _
D# Jones
E was the mother of twins,
B Two times older
A than the rest of the six.
C#m _ Raised eight
G# boys only
E I turned bad, _
A Didn't get the things that the other
E ones had.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_
B Proud eyed women and red grenadine,
A The bottom grows dusty
E but the middle
B is clean.
A _ Sound of
D thunder
E with the rain
C#m fall down,
F#m And it looks like the war games,
E.
it won.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Bm Jumbled up
A shack and
E big foot cabin,
Bm _ Snort so
A hard that the roof gave
E in.
C#m _
B Delilah
A Jones went to meet
E her God,
F#m And the old man never was the same
E again.
_ _ _ _ _ _
Cm _
C#m.
Daddy made
D# whiskey
E and it made it well,
B.
Cost him
E dollars and
A burned like hell.
C#m.
I cut
D# hickory
E just to fire the steel,
A.
Drink down the bottle and let it
E to cool.
_ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
B Proud eyed _ _ women and red grenadine,
A The bottom grows dusty but
E the middle
B is
A clean.
Sound of thunder with the
E rain fall
C#m down,
F#m And it looks like the war
A games, _
E it won.
_ _ _ .
_ _
G#m _ _
C#m Gone
A are the days
E when the ox fall down,
B _ Take up the old
A plow and feed his mound.
C#m _ Gone are the days when the
E lady said
A please, Delilah Jones won't you
E come to me.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _
B Proud eyed women and red grenadine,
A The bottom grows dusty but
E the middle is
B A clean.
Sound of thunder with
E the
G# rain fall
C# F#m down, And it looks like the war
A games,
E it won.
_ _ _ _ _ .
F#m And it looks like the war
A games,
E it won.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .