Chords for O.C. SMITH THE SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP 1968 (original recording)

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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] Well the path was deep and wide from [Eb] footsteps [Bbm] leading to [Bb] our cabin.
_ [Eb] Above the door there [F] burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] And late at night a hand would knock [Eb] and there would stand a [Bb] stranger.
_ [Eb] Yes I'm the son [F] of Hickory Harlow's [Db]
fam.
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_ Yeah the weeds were high, [Eb] the corn was dry [Bb] when daddy took to drinking.
_ _ [Eb] Him and [Bb] Sally Walker, _ _ they up and ran [F]
away.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Then mama _ shed a solid tear [Bb] and found us fourteen children.
_ [Eb] I swear you [Bb] nuts, _ I owe you _ deeds.
_ _ _ When mama _ _ [Eb] sacrificed the pie, [Bb]
the neighbors started talking.
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But we were much [Bb] too young to understand the things [F] they said. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ All we really cared [Bb] about was mama's chicken dumplings.
[Eb] And a goodnight kiss [Bb]
before we went to [Db] bed.
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Well the [Ab] path was deep and wide from footsteps leading to our [Bb] cabin.
_ [F] Above [Cm] the [F] door there burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp. _ _
_ _ _ [F] And late at night a [C] hand would [Eb] knock and there would stand a stranger.
_ Yes I'm the son [Bb] of Hickory _ Harlow's fam. _ _ _
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_ _ _ When daddy left, [F] a _ destitution [C] came upon our family.
_ _ [F] Not one neighbor [C] _ volunteered _ to lend a [G] helping hand.
_ _ _ [F] But just let her gossip all they want.
[C] She loved us and she raised us.
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But Ruth is [C] standing [G] here, a [C] full grown man.
_ _ _ _ Last summer [Ab] mama passed away _ and left the ones who loved her. _
Each and every one is more than grateful for their birth.
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_ _ [F] And each Sunday she _ receives a big [C] bouquet of fourteen roses.
[F] With a card that reads [C] the greatest [G] mom [C] on earth. _ _
Well _ [G] the path [Ab] was deep and wide from footsteps [C] leading to our [A] cabin.
_ [F] Above the door [C] there [G] burned a [C] scarlet lamp. _ _
_ _ [G] And late at night a [C] hand would knock [F] and there would stand a [C] stranger.
_ _ [F] Yes I'm the son [C]
of [G] Hickory Harlow's [Eb] fam.
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Well _ _ the path was deep and [B] wide from footsteps [C] leading to our cabin.
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