Chords for Johnny Darrell / The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
Tempo:
88.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[E] [A] [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a scarlet [A] lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would stand [B] a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
The corn was dry, [D] the weeds were high [A] when Daddy took a drinkin'.
[D] Then him and the [A] sea-walker, they took up [E] and run away.
[A] Mama cried [D] a tear and then [A] she promised fourteen children,
[D] I swear you'll never [E] see a hungry [A] day.
When Mama [D] sacrificed her [A] pride the neighbors started talkin'.
[D] But I was much [A] too young to understand the things [E] they said.
[A] The things that [D] mattered most of [A] all was Mama's chicken duppings
[D] and a goodnight kiss [E] before we went [A] to bed.
[E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from [D] footsteps leading to our cabin.
Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
When Daddy left [D] and destitution [A] came upon our family,
[D] not one [A] neighbor volunteered to lend a [E] helping hand.
[A] So let them gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us.
[D] Ruth is standing [E] here, a full [A]-grown man.
Last summer Mama [D] passed away [A] and left the ones who loved her.
[D] Each and [A] every one is more than grateful for [E] their birth.
[A] Each Sunday she [D] receives a fresh [A] bouquet, fourteen roses,
[D] and a card that reads, [E] the greatest mom [A] on earth.
[E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
[D] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a scarlet [A] lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would stand [B] a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
The corn was dry, [D] the weeds were high [A] when Daddy took a drinkin'.
[D] Then him and the [A] sea-walker, they took up [E] and run away.
[A] Mama cried [D] a tear and then [A] she promised fourteen children,
[D] I swear you'll never [E] see a hungry [A] day.
When Mama [D] sacrificed her [A] pride the neighbors started talkin'.
[D] But I was much [A] too young to understand the things [E] they said.
[A] The things that [D] mattered most of [A] all was Mama's chicken duppings
[D] and a goodnight kiss [E] before we went [A] to bed.
[E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from [D] footsteps leading to our cabin.
Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
When Daddy left [D] and destitution [A] came upon our family,
[D] not one [A] neighbor volunteered to lend a [E] helping hand.
[A] So let them gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us.
[D] Ruth is standing [E] here, a full [A]-grown man.
Last summer Mama [D] passed away [A] and left the ones who loved her.
[D] Each and [A] every one is more than grateful for [E] their birth.
[A] Each Sunday she [D] receives a fresh [A] bouquet, fourteen roses,
[D] and a card that reads, [E] the greatest mom [A] on earth.
[E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
[E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
[D] [E] [A]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a scarlet [A] lamp.
_ _ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would stand [B] a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ The corn was dry, [D] the weeds were high [A] when Daddy took a drinkin'.
[D] Then him and the [A] sea-walker, they took up [E] and run away.
[A] Mama cried [D] a tear and then [A] she promised fourteen children,
[D] I swear you'll never [E] see a hungry [A] day.
_ _ When Mama [D] sacrificed her [A] pride the neighbors started talkin'.
[D] But I was much [A] too young to understand the things [E] they said.
[A] The things that [D] mattered most of [A] all was Mama's chicken duppings
[D] and a goodnight kiss [E] before we went [A] to bed.
_ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from [D] footsteps leading to our cabin.
Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
_ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ When Daddy left [D] and destitution [A] came upon our family,
[D] not one [A] neighbor volunteered to lend a [E] helping hand.
[A] So let them gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us.
[D] Ruth is standing [E] here, a full [A]-grown man.
_ Last summer Mama [D] passed away [A] and left the ones who loved her.
[D] Each and [A] every one is more than grateful for [E] their birth.
[A] Each Sunday she [D] receives a fresh [A] bouquet, fourteen roses,
[D] and a card that reads, [E] the greatest mom [A] on earth.
_ _ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
_ _ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ [D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a scarlet [A] lamp.
_ _ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would stand [B] a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ The corn was dry, [D] the weeds were high [A] when Daddy took a drinkin'.
[D] Then him and the [A] sea-walker, they took up [E] and run away.
[A] Mama cried [D] a tear and then [A] she promised fourteen children,
[D] I swear you'll never [E] see a hungry [A] day.
_ _ When Mama [D] sacrificed her [A] pride the neighbors started talkin'.
[D] But I was much [A] too young to understand the things [E] they said.
[A] The things that [D] mattered most of [A] all was Mama's chicken duppings
[D] and a goodnight kiss [E] before we went [A] to bed.
_ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from [D] footsteps leading to our cabin.
Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
_ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ When Daddy left [D] and destitution [A] came upon our family,
[D] not one [A] neighbor volunteered to lend a [E] helping hand.
[A] So let them gossip all they want, she loved us and she raised us.
[D] Ruth is standing [E] here, a full [A]-grown man.
_ Last summer Mama [D] passed away [A] and left the ones who loved her.
[D] Each and [A] every one is more than grateful for [E] their birth.
[A] Each Sunday she [D] receives a fresh [A] bouquet, fourteen roses,
[D] and a card that reads, [E] the greatest mom [A] on earth.
_ _ [E] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [D] leading to [A] our cabin.
[D] Above the door [E] there burned a [A] scarlet lamp.
_ _ [E] And late at night a hand would knock [D] and there would [A] stand a stranger.
[D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ [D] Yes, I'm the son [E] of Hickory [A] Holler's tramp.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _