Chords for Harry McClintock - The Big Rock Candy Mountains - (1928).
Tempo:
103.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [Am] [C]
[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, [F] I'm headed for a land that's far [F] away, beside [G] the crystal fountains, [C] so come with me,
We'll go and see the big rock candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land [C] that's fair and bright,
[F] Where the handouts [C] grow on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines every [C] day,
[F] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the [G] bluebird sings, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [F] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the [Dm] hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs,
[C]
The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are [C] full of hay, [F] oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall,
The wind [G] don't blow, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [Am] you never [C] change your socks,
[F] And the little [C] streams of alcohol come [G] a-trickling down the rocks, [C] the brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad [C] bulls are blind,
There's a lake of [F] stew and [C] a whiskey [F] too, you can paddle all around them in a big [G] canoe, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] the jails [C] are made of tin, [F] and you can walk [C] right out again as soon as you [G] are in,
[C] There ain't no short-handled [Am] shovels, no axes, [C] saws, or picks, [Am] I'm a-going to [C] stay where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the Turk that invented [G] work, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Fm] I'll see [C] you all this [G] coming fall, in the big
[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, [F] I'm headed for a land that's far [F] away, beside [G] the crystal fountains, [C] so come with me,
We'll go and see the big rock candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land [C] that's fair and bright,
[F] Where the handouts [C] grow on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines every [C] day,
[F] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the [G] bluebird sings, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [F] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the [Dm] hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs,
[C]
The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are [C] full of hay, [F] oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall,
The wind [G] don't blow, in the big rock candy [C] mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [Am] you never [C] change your socks,
[F] And the little [C] streams of alcohol come [G] a-trickling down the rocks, [C] the brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad [C] bulls are blind,
There's a lake of [F] stew and [C] a whiskey [F] too, you can paddle all around them in a big [G] canoe, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] the jails [C] are made of tin, [F] and you can walk [C] right out again as soon as you [G] are in,
[C] There ain't no short-handled [Am] shovels, no axes, [C] saws, or picks, [Am] I'm a-going to [C] stay where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the Turk that invented [G] work, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
[F] [C] [F]
[C] [Fm] I'll see [C] you all this [G] coming fall, in the big
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_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [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, [F] I'm headed for a land that's far [F] away, beside [G] the crystal fountains, [C] so come with me,
We'll go and see the big rock candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land [C] that's fair and bright,
[F] Where the handouts [C] grow on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines every [C] day,
[F] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the [G] bluebird sings, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
_ _ In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [F] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the [Dm] hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs,
[C]
The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are [C] full of hay, [F] oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall,
The wind [G] don't blow, in the big rock candy [C] mountains. _ _
In the big rock candy mountains, [Am] you never [C] change your socks,
[F] And the little [C] streams of alcohol come [G] a-trickling down the rocks, [C] the brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad [C] bulls are blind,
There's a lake of [F] stew and [C] a whiskey [F] too, you can paddle all around them in a big [G] canoe, in the big rock [C] candy mountains. _
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] the jails [C] are made of tin, [F] and you can walk [C] right out again as soon as you [G] are in,
[C] There ain't no short-handled [Am] shovels, no axes, [C] saws, or picks, [Am] I'm a-going to [C] stay where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the Turk that invented [G] work, in the big rock [C] candy mountains. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] I'll see [C] you all this [G] coming fall, in the big
_ [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, [F] I'm headed for a land that's far [F] away, beside [G] the crystal fountains, [C] so come with me,
We'll go and see the big rock candy mountains.
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] there's a land [C] that's fair and bright,
[F] Where the handouts [C] grow on bushes, and you sleep out every [G] night, [C] where the boxcars all are empty, [F] and the sun shines every [C] day,
[F] On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the [G] bluebird sings, in the big rock [C] candy mountains.
_ _ In the big rock candy mountains, [F] all the cops have [C] wooden legs, [F] and the bulldogs all [C] have rubber teeth, and the [Dm] hens lay [G] soft boiled eggs,
[C]
The farmer's trees are full of fruit, [F] and the barns are [C] full of hay, [F] oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall,
The wind [G] don't blow, in the big rock candy [C] mountains. _ _
In the big rock candy mountains, [Am] you never [C] change your socks,
[F] And the little [C] streams of alcohol come [G] a-trickling down the rocks, [C] the brakemen have to tip their hats, [Am] and the railroad [C] bulls are blind,
There's a lake of [F] stew and [C] a whiskey [F] too, you can paddle all around them in a big [G] canoe, in the big rock [C] candy mountains. _
In the big rock candy mountains, [F] the jails [C] are made of tin, [F] and you can walk [C] right out again as soon as you [G] are in,
[C] There ain't no short-handled [Am] shovels, no axes, [C] saws, or picks, [Am] I'm a-going to [C] stay where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the Turk that invented [G] work, in the big rock [C] candy mountains. _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] I'll see [C] you all this [G] coming fall, in the big