Chords for Kentucky Waltz
Tempo:
94.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
G#
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
Folks, [Am] yesterday was a special occasion and [E] I just we got up here so excited
about playing for y'all and [Bm] I just totally slipped my mind but [B] yesterday
was Josh [E] Johnson's birthday.
[E] Everybody want to sing happy birthday to him?
[B] [G]
[N] Happy birthday Josh, but I'm a little late.
We got a couple more songs that we're gonna [B] be in
and I think our King's Highway show is over [G#] with for a while.
Let me introduce everyone real quick.
On the stand, on the playing the old fiddle here is Mr.
Kevin Bowes, doing a great job on it.
[B] Earl [G#] Scruggs, behind him Mr.
Michael Fulkerson.
[D#] [N] Guy following us away from us, Mr.
Josh Johnson,
Rose in [Gm] Kentucky.
[G#] Doing a great job back here all the way from Georgia, [A#m] Alabama, I'm sorry Alabama.
[A#] Robert Montgomery.
[Gm]
[N] And to make this day so special, my favorite person in the world,
played with Red Allen for a long time.
I love Red Allen and you neither.
[B] Mr.
Frank Wakefield.
[F#] Yeah, [A#] he can make fun of you but since you're sick and you got a sore throat and can't hardly [E] sing,
I don't know what the fuss is for your playing.
[G#] But since you're sick,
I won't even make fun of you, but you make welcome coming at ya all the way from the big town of Henderson, [D] Kentucky.
[G#]
[E]
[B]
[C#m]
[E]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[C#m] [B] [E]
[B]
[E]
[F#]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[F#] Take that [B] beautiful gift of [E] evil
Thank you!
It's so sweet
It's so sweet
It's
[B] so sweet
It's
[E]
[C#m]
so [A]
[E]
[B] sweet
It's so sweet
[E] It's so sweet
We were both things that died in kingdoms
Take that beautiful gift of [B] evil
Oh, and I
They were lucky
But it all ended [E] too soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight
Oh, and I see your [A] smiling face
And I long for [E] your [C#] embrace
[F#] Take that beautiful [F#m] gift of [A] evil
[E] [N]
about playing for y'all and [Bm] I just totally slipped my mind but [B] yesterday
was Josh [E] Johnson's birthday.
[E] Everybody want to sing happy birthday to him?
[B] [G]
[N] Happy birthday Josh, but I'm a little late.
We got a couple more songs that we're gonna [B] be in
and I think our King's Highway show is over [G#] with for a while.
Let me introduce everyone real quick.
On the stand, on the playing the old fiddle here is Mr.
Kevin Bowes, doing a great job on it.
[B] Earl [G#] Scruggs, behind him Mr.
Michael Fulkerson.
[D#] [N] Guy following us away from us, Mr.
Josh Johnson,
Rose in [Gm] Kentucky.
[G#] Doing a great job back here all the way from Georgia, [A#m] Alabama, I'm sorry Alabama.
[A#] Robert Montgomery.
[Gm]
[N] And to make this day so special, my favorite person in the world,
played with Red Allen for a long time.
I love Red Allen and you neither.
[B] Mr.
Frank Wakefield.
[F#] Yeah, [A#] he can make fun of you but since you're sick and you got a sore throat and can't hardly [E] sing,
I don't know what the fuss is for your playing.
[G#] But since you're sick,
I won't even make fun of you, but you make welcome coming at ya all the way from the big town of Henderson, [D] Kentucky.
[G#]
[E]
[B]
[C#m]
[E]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[C#m] [B] [E]
[B]
[E]
[F#]
[A]
[E] [C#]
[F#] Take that [B] beautiful gift of [E] evil
Thank you!
It's so sweet
It's so sweet
It's
[B] so sweet
It's
[E]
[C#m]
so [A]
[E]
[B] sweet
It's so sweet
[E] It's so sweet
We were both things that died in kingdoms
Take that beautiful gift of [B] evil
Oh, and I
They were lucky
But it all ended [E] too soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight
Oh, and I see your [A] smiling face
And I long for [E] your [C#] embrace
[F#] Take that beautiful [F#m] gift of [A] evil
[E] [N]
Key:
E
B
G#
A
F#
E
B
G#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Folks, _ [Am] yesterday was a special occasion and [E] I just we got up here so excited
about playing for y'all and [Bm] I just totally slipped my mind but [B] yesterday
was Josh [E] Johnson's birthday. _
[E] Everybody want to sing happy birthday to him? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ Happy birthday Josh, but I'm a little late.
We got a couple more songs that we're gonna [B] be in
and I think our King's Highway show is over [G#] with for a while.
Let me introduce everyone real quick.
On the stand, on the playing the old fiddle here is _ Mr.
Kevin Bowes, doing a great job on it. _
_ _ [B] Earl [G#] Scruggs, behind him Mr.
Michael Fulkerson.
[D#] _ _ _ [N] _ Guy following us away from us, Mr.
Josh Johnson,
Rose in [Gm] Kentucky.
_ [G#] Doing a great job back here all the way from Georgia, [A#m] Alabama, I'm sorry Alabama.
[A#] Robert Montgomery.
[Gm] _ _
[N] _ And to make this day so special, my favorite person in the world,
played with Red Allen for a long time.
I love Red Allen and you neither.
[B] Mr.
Frank Wakefield.
[F#] _ Yeah, [A#] he can make fun of you but since you're sick and you got a sore throat and can't hardly [E] sing,
I don't know what the fuss is for your playing.
[G#] _ But since you're sick,
I won't even make fun of you, but you make welcome coming at ya all the way from the big town of Henderson, [D] Kentucky. _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] Take that [B] beautiful gift of [E] evil
Thank you!
_ _ It's so sweet _
_ _ It's so sweet
It's _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ so sweet _
_ It's _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
so _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] sweet
It's so sweet _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ It's so sweet
We were both things that died in kingdoms
Take that beautiful gift of _ [B] evil
_ _ Oh, and I _ _
They were lucky
_ _ _ But it all ended [E] too _ soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight
Oh, and I see your _ [A] smiling face
_ And I long for [E] your _ _ [C#] embrace
[F#] Take that beautiful [F#m] gift of [A] evil
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ Folks, _ [Am] yesterday was a special occasion and [E] I just we got up here so excited
about playing for y'all and [Bm] I just totally slipped my mind but [B] yesterday
was Josh [E] Johnson's birthday. _
[E] Everybody want to sing happy birthday to him? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ Happy birthday Josh, but I'm a little late.
We got a couple more songs that we're gonna [B] be in
and I think our King's Highway show is over [G#] with for a while.
Let me introduce everyone real quick.
On the stand, on the playing the old fiddle here is _ Mr.
Kevin Bowes, doing a great job on it. _
_ _ [B] Earl [G#] Scruggs, behind him Mr.
Michael Fulkerson.
[D#] _ _ _ [N] _ Guy following us away from us, Mr.
Josh Johnson,
Rose in [Gm] Kentucky.
_ [G#] Doing a great job back here all the way from Georgia, [A#m] Alabama, I'm sorry Alabama.
[A#] Robert Montgomery.
[Gm] _ _
[N] _ And to make this day so special, my favorite person in the world,
played with Red Allen for a long time.
I love Red Allen and you neither.
[B] Mr.
Frank Wakefield.
[F#] _ Yeah, [A#] he can make fun of you but since you're sick and you got a sore throat and can't hardly [E] sing,
I don't know what the fuss is for your playing.
[G#] _ But since you're sick,
I won't even make fun of you, but you make welcome coming at ya all the way from the big town of Henderson, [D] Kentucky. _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C#] _
[F#] Take that [B] beautiful gift of [E] evil
Thank you!
_ _ It's so sweet _
_ _ It's so sweet
It's _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ so sweet _
_ It's _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
so _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] sweet
It's so sweet _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ It's so sweet
We were both things that died in kingdoms
Take that beautiful gift of _ [B] evil
_ _ Oh, and I _ _
They were lucky
_ _ _ But it all ended [E] too _ soon
As I sit here alone in the moonlight
Oh, and I see your _ [A] smiling face
_ And I long for [E] your _ _ [C#] embrace
[F#] Take that beautiful [F#m] gift of [A] evil
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _