Chords for Doc Watson - Walk On Boy (with Richard Watson)

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There's a good old song that kind of borrows the legendary character John Henry. _
It's called Walk on Boy. _ _
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[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ I was born one [F#] morning
_ [Bm] The rain a-pouring [F#] down.
_ [Bm] I heard my mammy [D] say [G] to my pappy, [F#m] let's call him [E] John [Bm] Henry Brown.
Walk on down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] the road
_ [Bm] Ain't nobody [D] in the whole wide world [F#] gonna help [B] you carry your [Bm] load.
Six-time Grammy Award winner Doc Watson [D] established a high [F#]-speed flat picking style
[Bm] reminiscent of [E] old-time [F#] fiddle tunes that became a [F#m] standard in bluegrass and country music.
[E] His rich [F#] baritone voice, [F#] _ [Bm] virtuoso picking, and unique sound, [A] often [F#m] categorized as mountain music,
have helped earn Doc a [F#] reputation as an American [Bm] treasure.
_ [D] For more than four [G] decades,
Doc has [F#] been America's [E] most renowned [Bm] and influential folk guitar stylist.
Today, he often [F#] performs with his grandson, Richard [Bm] Watson.
Just about the age [F#] of 10, _ [Bm] I got me a [D] job of working [G] on the levee,
[F#] toting water [E] for the hard [Bm] working [F#m] men.
Walk [Bm] on boy, _ _ _ _ _ _ walk on down [F#] the road.
_ [Bm] Ain't [D] nobody in the whole [G] wide world [F#] gonna help [E] you carry [Bm] your load. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] Doc Watson is one [Bm] of America's most important [F#] musicians.
He [Bm] understands the old [D] style singing.
He [G] understands the old style [F#] playing.
_ [E] He's [Bm] _
been an innovator.
_ _ [B] Doc's abilities to play those fiddle
tunes [D] and play them [F#] _
note for note like a fiddle would [F#m] play it, you know, is just pretty [G] amazing.
_ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ One [A] day my [F#] pappy told me some [Bm] advice I'd like to give [F#] to you, _ [B] son.
Find a good woman, [D] be good [G] to
her, [F#] and she's gonna [B] be [Bm] good to you.
Walk on boy, _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] walk on down [F#] the road.
_ _ [B] Ain't [F#m] nobody in the whole [G] wide world [F#] gonna help [E] you carry [Bm] your load.
[F#] Doc was a real [Bm] hero of mine when I first saw him, first [F#m] heard him play.
He's got that mountain
sound to [F#] his picking, and he's one of the best to _ keep it [E] in that mode of sound.
Well, [Bm] _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ if anyone ever should ask you, _ [F#] just who is that fellow, Brown?
You [Bm] can tell them I'm the boy
[D] that left his [G] hammer smoking [F#m] where he beat that [Em] 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 [Em] you carry [Bm] your load. _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ Doc is the [D] 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 anytime you see him.
I would like Doc Watson whether we ever play the tune together or not. _ _ _ _ _