DOC WATSON-WALK ON BOY Chords

Here's a good old song that kind of borrows the legendary character John Henry.
It's called Walk on Boy. _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ I was born [F#] one morning, [Bm] the rain a [F#]-pouring down.
[Bm] I heard my [D] mammy say to my [F#m] pappy, let's call him [E] John Henry [Bm] Brown.
Walk on boy, _ _ _ _ walk on [F#] down the road.
_ [Bm] Ain't [D] nobody in the whole wide world [F#] gonna help [E] you carry [Bm] your load.
Six-time Grammy Award winner Doc Watson established a [F#] high-speed flat picking style reminiscent of old-time fiddle tunes
that became a [Bm] standard in [F#m] bluegrass and country music.
His rich baritone [F#] voice, [Bm] virtuoso picking, and unique sound,
often [F#m] categorized as mountain music, [F#] have helped earn Doc a reputation as an [Bm] American treasure.
_ [D] For more than four decades, Doc [F#] has been [E] America's most [Bm] renowned and influential folk guitar stylist.
Today, he often [F#m] performs with his [F#] grandson, Richard [Bm] Watson.
Just about the [F#] age of ten, [Bm] I got me a [D] job of working on the [F#] levy, toting water for the [Bm] hard-working men.
Walk on boy, _ _ _ _ walk on [F#] down the road.
[F#m] Ain't [D] nobody in the whole wide [F#] world gonna help you [Bm] carry your load. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] Doc Watson is [Bm] one of America's most [F#] important musicians.
He [Bm] understands the old [D] style of singing.
He understands the old [F#] style of playing.
_ [Bm] He's been an innovator.
[B] Doc's abilities to play those fiddle tunes and play [F#] them note for note [Bm] like a fiddle would play [F#m] it, you know, is just pretty amazing.
[F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ One day my [F#] pappy told me [Bm] some advice he'd like to give [F#] to you.
[B] Son, find a good [D] woman, be good to her, [F#] and she's gonna be [F#m] good to you.
Walk on boy, _ _ _ [Bm] _ walk on [F#] down the road.
_ [Bm] Ain't nobody [D] in the whole wide world [F#m] gonna help you carry [Bm] your [F#] load.
Doc was a real [Bm] hero of mine when I first saw him, first heard [F#] him play.
He's got that [Bm] mountain [A] sound to [F#] his picking, and [Bm] he's one of the best to [E] keep it in that mode of [Bm] sound.
Well, _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ if anyone ever [F#] should ask you, just who is that fellow, Brown?
_ [Bm] You can tell him I'm the [D] boy that [G] left his hammer smoking [F#m] where he beat that old steam [Bm] drill down.
Walk on boy, _ _ _ _ walk on down [F#] the road.
_ [Bm] Ain't nobody [D] in the whole wide world [F#] gonna help you carry [Bm] your load. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Doc was [D] the type of person that [N] once you meet him, you feel like you've known him for years.
He's just down to earth, and _ he's Doc Watson any time you see him.
I would like Doc Watson whether we ever play the tune together or not. _ _ _ _