Chords for Kentucky Life, Part 2
Tempo:
93.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] But don't forget me little darling when I'm growing [C] old and gray.
[D] You have to look all about me before [E] I go [G] far away.
Well, Kentucky's meant so much to him because he grew up listening to his bluegrass.
And when we would come down here to visit, we'd always bring his guitar
because his grandpa would always want him to go out and play for him.
So he cherishes Kentucky because of his [D] ancestors being here and what he learned from them.
I'll never be able to [G] escape the influence that the joyous and wondrous
[B] [C] hollering and carrying on that I heard [G] up in those hills will have on my [D] life forever.
Forget all the promises you gave [G] me and so I'll be waiting on the hillside where the ray [C] that you call
[D] On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling [G] water falls.
Play it once for J.D. Crowler.
I hope that if I've been able to do [C] anything in my life, [G] in any small way,
[D] to pay tribute to my mother and father and their [G] parents, and specifically in this case,
my grandparents who were [Em] from Floyd County and Pike County, [G] Kentucky, all [C] their lives.
It's not [Gm] only just been in the vernacular that I've [D] used in writing, but the intent [C#m] of [G] that writing.
The intent of [B] those voices.
[G]
Tell me darling, you love me ever [C] thank me.
I think fourth grade [A] he wrote his first song, but he's always just been musically inclined.
So that [G] culture is unique and I think that's one of the reasons because it's not.
And I say this to people when they go, you know, I'm really from a border state.
I'm from Kentucky.
It's different than Dixie [C] and it's unique unto itself.
[D] Don't forget me little darling, though our love [G] affairs ain't gone.
When the whistle blows each morning and I [A] walk down in that [G] cold, dark mine,
I say a prayer to my dear savior.
Please [D] let me see the [G] sunshine one more time.
[C] When the wind will be [G] over, [C] when will I lay [D] down and [G] when I die?
Dear Lord in heaven, please take my [D] soul from me that [G] cold, dark ground.
I still grieve for my poor brother and [D] I still hear my dear old [G] mother cry.
[Em] Only that night he came into water, he [D] lost his life down in the [G] big shoal mine.
[C] When the wind [G] will be over, [C] when will I lay [G] down and when I die?
[E] I had not been born into rural [G] southeast Kentucky and that culture, the Appalachian culture,
the coal [E] mining culture in that region.
But I know for a [G] fact that my life would have been less.
My mother and her family were [D] sent to a singing school.
And she said we learn by the shapes of notes.
[G] And so the whole family was a singing family.
So when we'd get together, that was one of our pastimes, to sing.
And they would [D] harmonize.
They'd have the bass singer and the tenor, the whole [G] works.
So he grew up listening to that and appreciated [C] it very much.
[G] [C]
[E] [G] Just to rear back and let rip with [D] the abandon that [G] my grandmother would sing with out in the kitchen.
I mean, to think about it to this day makes me, you know, shiver and it gives me goosebumps.
Because her voice is never on a record, but it is.
My Aunt Margaret's voice was never heard on a record, [E] but it is.
My [C] mother's voice was never heard on a record, but it is.
All those people that I [G] heard as a child that [C] cared for me [G] and,
[E] you know, gave me the life that I was [B] fortunate enough to have.
I hope I'm able to put their voices on record every time I step up to a [G] microphone and sing.
[D] I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet [G] that cold dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Thank
[G#]
[D] You have to look all about me before [E] I go [G] far away.
Well, Kentucky's meant so much to him because he grew up listening to his bluegrass.
And when we would come down here to visit, we'd always bring his guitar
because his grandpa would always want him to go out and play for him.
So he cherishes Kentucky because of his [D] ancestors being here and what he learned from them.
I'll never be able to [G] escape the influence that the joyous and wondrous
[B] [C] hollering and carrying on that I heard [G] up in those hills will have on my [D] life forever.
Forget all the promises you gave [G] me and so I'll be waiting on the hillside where the ray [C] that you call
[D] On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling [G] water falls.
Play it once for J.D. Crowler.
I hope that if I've been able to do [C] anything in my life, [G] in any small way,
[D] to pay tribute to my mother and father and their [G] parents, and specifically in this case,
my grandparents who were [Em] from Floyd County and Pike County, [G] Kentucky, all [C] their lives.
It's not [Gm] only just been in the vernacular that I've [D] used in writing, but the intent [C#m] of [G] that writing.
The intent of [B] those voices.
[G]
Tell me darling, you love me ever [C] thank me.
I think fourth grade [A] he wrote his first song, but he's always just been musically inclined.
So that [G] culture is unique and I think that's one of the reasons because it's not.
And I say this to people when they go, you know, I'm really from a border state.
I'm from Kentucky.
It's different than Dixie [C] and it's unique unto itself.
[D] Don't forget me little darling, though our love [G] affairs ain't gone.
When the whistle blows each morning and I [A] walk down in that [G] cold, dark mine,
I say a prayer to my dear savior.
Please [D] let me see the [G] sunshine one more time.
[C] When the wind will be [G] over, [C] when will I lay [D] down and [G] when I die?
Dear Lord in heaven, please take my [D] soul from me that [G] cold, dark ground.
I still grieve for my poor brother and [D] I still hear my dear old [G] mother cry.
[Em] Only that night he came into water, he [D] lost his life down in the [G] big shoal mine.
[C] When the wind [G] will be over, [C] when will I lay [G] down and when I die?
[E] I had not been born into rural [G] southeast Kentucky and that culture, the Appalachian culture,
the coal [E] mining culture in that region.
But I know for a [G] fact that my life would have been less.
My mother and her family were [D] sent to a singing school.
And she said we learn by the shapes of notes.
[G] And so the whole family was a singing family.
So when we'd get together, that was one of our pastimes, to sing.
And they would [D] harmonize.
They'd have the bass singer and the tenor, the whole [G] works.
So he grew up listening to that and appreciated [C] it very much.
[G] [C]
[E] [G] Just to rear back and let rip with [D] the abandon that [G] my grandmother would sing with out in the kitchen.
I mean, to think about it to this day makes me, you know, shiver and it gives me goosebumps.
Because her voice is never on a record, but it is.
My Aunt Margaret's voice was never heard on a record, [E] but it is.
My [C] mother's voice was never heard on a record, but it is.
All those people that I [G] heard as a child that [C] cared for me [G] and,
[E] you know, gave me the life that I was [B] fortunate enough to have.
I hope I'm able to put their voices on record every time I step up to a [G] microphone and sing.
[D] I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet [G] that cold dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Thank
[G#]
Key:
G
D
C
E
B
G
D
C
[G] But _ don't forget me little darling when I'm growing [C] old and gray. _ _ _
_ _ [D] You have to look all about me before [E] I go [G] far away.
Well, Kentucky's meant so much to him because he grew up listening to his bluegrass.
And when we would come down here to visit, we'd always bring his guitar
because his grandpa would always want him to go out and play for him.
So he cherishes Kentucky because of his [D] ancestors being here and what he learned from them.
I'll never be able to [G] escape the influence that _ _ _ the joyous _ _ _ and wondrous
[B] [C] hollering and carrying on that I heard _ [G] up in those hills will have on my [D] life forever.
Forget all the promises you gave [G] me and so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'll be waiting on the hillside where the ray [C] that you call _ _ _
_ _ [D] On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling [G] water falls.
_ Play it once for J.D. Crowler.
_ _ I hope that if I've been able to do [C] anything in my life, _ [G] in any small way,
[D] to pay tribute to my mother and father and their [G] parents, and specifically in this case,
my grandparents who were [Em] from Floyd County and Pike County, [G] Kentucky, all [C] their lives.
_ It's not [Gm] only just been in the vernacular that I've [D] used in writing, but the intent [C#m] of [G] that writing.
The intent of [B] those voices.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ Tell me darling, you love me ever [C] thank me.
_ I think fourth grade [A] he wrote his first song, but he's always just been musically inclined.
So that [G] culture is unique and I think that's one of the reasons because it's not.
And I say this to people when they go, you know, I'm really from a border state.
I'm from Kentucky.
It's different than Dixie [C] and it's unique unto itself.
[D] Don't forget me little darling, though our love [G] affairs ain't gone.
_ _ _ When the whistle _ blows each morning _ and I [A] walk down in that [G] cold, dark mine,
I say a prayer to my dear savior.
Please [D] let me see the [G] sunshine one more time.
_ [C] When the wind will be [G] over, [C] when will I lay [D] down and [G] when I die?
Dear Lord in heaven, please take my [D] soul from me that [G] cold, dark ground.
_ I still grieve for my poor brother and [D] I still hear my dear old [G] mother cry.
[Em] _ Only that night he came into _ water, he [D] lost his life down in the [G] big shoal mine.
_ [C] When the wind [G] will be over, _ _ [C] when will I lay [G] down and when I die?
_ [E] I had not been born into rural [G] southeast Kentucky and that culture, the Appalachian culture,
the coal [E] mining culture in that region.
But I know for a [G] fact that _ my life would have been less.
My mother and her family were [D] sent to a singing school.
And she said we learn by the shapes of notes.
[G] And so the whole family was a singing family.
So when we'd get together, that was one of our pastimes, to sing.
And they would [D] harmonize.
They'd have the bass singer and the tenor, the whole [G] works.
So he grew up listening to that and appreciated [C] it very much. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Just to rear back and let rip with _ [D] _ the abandon that [G] my grandmother would sing with out in the kitchen.
I mean, to think about it to this day makes me, you know, shiver and it gives me goosebumps.
Because her voice is never on a record, but it is.
My Aunt Margaret's voice was never heard on a record, [E] but it is.
My [C] mother's voice was never heard on a record, but it is.
All those people that I [G] heard as a child that [C] cared for me [G] and, _
[E] you know, gave me the life that I was [B] fortunate enough to have.
I hope _ I'm able to put their voices on record every time I step up to a [G] microphone and sing. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet [G] that cold dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
_ _ _ Thank _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [D] You have to look all about me before [E] I go [G] far away.
Well, Kentucky's meant so much to him because he grew up listening to his bluegrass.
And when we would come down here to visit, we'd always bring his guitar
because his grandpa would always want him to go out and play for him.
So he cherishes Kentucky because of his [D] ancestors being here and what he learned from them.
I'll never be able to [G] escape the influence that _ _ _ the joyous _ _ _ and wondrous
[B] [C] hollering and carrying on that I heard _ [G] up in those hills will have on my [D] life forever.
Forget all the promises you gave [G] me and so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'll be waiting on the hillside where the ray [C] that you call _ _ _
_ _ [D] On the sunny side of the mountain where the rippling [G] water falls.
_ Play it once for J.D. Crowler.
_ _ I hope that if I've been able to do [C] anything in my life, _ [G] in any small way,
[D] to pay tribute to my mother and father and their [G] parents, and specifically in this case,
my grandparents who were [Em] from Floyd County and Pike County, [G] Kentucky, all [C] their lives.
_ It's not [Gm] only just been in the vernacular that I've [D] used in writing, but the intent [C#m] of [G] that writing.
The intent of [B] those voices.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ Tell me darling, you love me ever [C] thank me.
_ I think fourth grade [A] he wrote his first song, but he's always just been musically inclined.
So that [G] culture is unique and I think that's one of the reasons because it's not.
And I say this to people when they go, you know, I'm really from a border state.
I'm from Kentucky.
It's different than Dixie [C] and it's unique unto itself.
[D] Don't forget me little darling, though our love [G] affairs ain't gone.
_ _ _ When the whistle _ blows each morning _ and I [A] walk down in that [G] cold, dark mine,
I say a prayer to my dear savior.
Please [D] let me see the [G] sunshine one more time.
_ [C] When the wind will be [G] over, [C] when will I lay [D] down and [G] when I die?
Dear Lord in heaven, please take my [D] soul from me that [G] cold, dark ground.
_ I still grieve for my poor brother and [D] I still hear my dear old [G] mother cry.
[Em] _ Only that night he came into _ water, he [D] lost his life down in the [G] big shoal mine.
_ [C] When the wind [G] will be over, _ _ [C] when will I lay [G] down and when I die?
_ [E] I had not been born into rural [G] southeast Kentucky and that culture, the Appalachian culture,
the coal [E] mining culture in that region.
But I know for a [G] fact that _ my life would have been less.
My mother and her family were [D] sent to a singing school.
And she said we learn by the shapes of notes.
[G] And so the whole family was a singing family.
So when we'd get together, that was one of our pastimes, to sing.
And they would [D] harmonize.
They'd have the bass singer and the tenor, the whole [G] works.
So he grew up listening to that and appreciated [C] it very much. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Just to rear back and let rip with _ [D] _ the abandon that [G] my grandmother would sing with out in the kitchen.
I mean, to think about it to this day makes me, you know, shiver and it gives me goosebumps.
Because her voice is never on a record, but it is.
My Aunt Margaret's voice was never heard on a record, [E] but it is.
My [C] mother's voice was never heard on a record, but it is.
All those people that I [G] heard as a child that [C] cared for me [G] and, _
[E] you know, gave me the life that I was [B] fortunate enough to have.
I hope _ I'm able to put their voices on record every time I step up to a [G] microphone and sing. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet [G] that cold dark ground.
Please take [D] my soul.
I'll meet that cold [G] dark ground.
_ _ _ Thank _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _