Old Hickory Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

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_ _ Virgil E.
[Bm] was a mighty man, [D] he could outrun [A] the L and N.
_ Caught a wild [Bm] cat and made him his friend, he [D] was a _ [A] flatwoods boy. _ _
_ Caught his learning [Bm] from a running brook, [D] taught him go with the flow [A] and don't get hooked.
_ But Virgil E.
[Bm] kindly _ mistook [D] the devil for [A] a dear friend.
You [Bm] can fool all the jokers with diamonds, [C#m] you can play boy ramblin' roots.
You [D] can lie like a penny on the C and O line, [E] but the good Lord knows it's true.
[A] Just like _ _ _ _ old _
[Bm] _ Hickory.
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Shade in the porch of a house that's been [A] torn _ _ down. _ _ _
_ There _ ain't nothing that's left [Bm] but the memory, _ _ _ [D] and that long tall scraggly [A] bitter nut old Hickory. _ _ _ _ _
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It was Gainsborough [Bm] at the Glow Worm Bar, [D] we were passing [A] around the jug and the guitar.
_ Virgil picked [Bm] it like an opera star, [D] I mean the boy was on [A] fire. _
I said, hey Virgil E.
[Bm] where'd you get that stuff?
[D] He said, I don't [G] know, [A] I guess I made it up.
Well sometimes [Bm] an empty cup [D] just _ _ _ [A] _ _ overflows.
[Bm] Oh that summer was fire and rain, [C#m] _ Virgil E.
started nursing the [D] pain.
_ Till every one of them songs he would [D#] play [E] was twisted, _ _ falling [A] down like it.
_ Just like old _
[Bm] _ Hickory.
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Shade in the porch of a house that's been [A] torn _ down. _ _ _ _
_ There ain't nothing that's left [Bm] but the memory, _ _ _ and [D] that long tall [A] scraggly bitter nut old Hickory. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Let him [D] out in his overall, cause when you get too [A] big, hold your bridges with that thought.
Hung his fiddle and [B] his flat top [D] guitar up [A] in the high school gym. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Nobody remembers his name, [D] and I can't [A] say anyone's to blame.
_ One of these times you [Bm] gotta hear him play, [D] he was the greatest that's [A] ever been.
Oh you can [Bm] fool all the jokers with diamonds, [C#m] you can play boy ramblin' rude. _
[D] You can lie like a penny on the CNO [E] line, but the good Lord knows the truth [A] just like it. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ Old Hickory, _ _ _ _
[D] shade in the porch of a house that's been [A] torn down. _ _ _ _
_ _ There ain't nothing that's [Bm] left but the memory, _ _ _ [A] _
[D] and that long tall scraggly bitter [A] nut _ _ _ old _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ Hickory.
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Old Hickory, shade in the porch of a house that's been [A] torn down. _ _ _ _ _
_ There ain't nothing that's left [Bm] but the memory, _ _ _ [D] and that long tall scraggly bitter nut [A] old Hickory.
_ _ _ Oh and [Bm] that long tall scraggly bitter nut _
[A] old Hickory. _ _ _ _ _
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