Family Funeral Fight Chords by Ray Stevens
Tempo:
96.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[B] [Am] [A]
[E]
[D] Now he was just a little fella, [G]
barely [D] five foot three, but he caused a great commotion
[E] down in Ducktown, [A] Tennessee.
[D] Now it was nothing [C] that the old man [G] did or one word that he said.
Fact [A] is the trouble [Bm] didn't start till [E] three days after [D] he was dead.
It [Bm] was a military funeral [D] with the family gathered round, [Bm] come to show the old man honor
[E] and to ease him [A] in the ground.
[D] But murmurs [Cm] spread among the [G] crowd and the mourners' blood ran cold when up [Bm] pulled a
big squad [E] car marked Tennessee [D] State Patrol.
It was the old [Gbm] man's youngest son, [G] doing twenty [D]-five to life, for burning down his brother's [E] trailer
and running [A] off with his wife.
The [D] entire family was divided, [G] held together by shaky troops.
[D] And then a woman yelled, [Bm] [E] and all [D] hell broke loose.
[A] Brothers, uncles, sisters, [Eb] cousins, knife and [Am] fist fights by the [A] dubs, yelling, [D] spitting,
biting, hitting, what a sight to see.
At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, [C] two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [Dm] funeral fight.
[D] Well, they called out the county mountiest, [G] Homeboy [D] Highway Patrol.
And after about an hour or [E] two, they finally [A] gained control.
The [D] sheriff said, this [Dm] is a disgrace [G] and I'm hauling all y'all in.
[D] But not [Bm] until we brought this [E] service to a [D] decent end.
[Bm] So the honor guard stepped forward, [D] fired their rifles in the air.
[Bm] An old lady who was snoozing [E] jumped and fell [A] out of her chair.
[D]
And as she [C] hit that [B] astroturf, you won't believe what [G] happened then.
[D] A boy yelled, [Bm] [E] and here [D] we go again.
[A]
Horners, police, honor [B] guard, relatives [Am] from near and [A] far, cussing, [D] fussing, biting, hitting,
what [A] a sight to see.
[D] At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Quite right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It was the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral feud.
You can't believe the mayhem [E] and the chaos [A] that [D] ensued.
Why, they even [C] shot the sheriff, [G] punched out the [Abm] preacher's lights.
[D] At the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
[Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown [A] family [D] funeral fight.
[Abm] [D]
[B] [Am] [A]
[E]
[D] Now he was just a little fella, [G]
barely [D] five foot three, but he caused a great commotion
[E] down in Ducktown, [A] Tennessee.
[D] Now it was nothing [C] that the old man [G] did or one word that he said.
Fact [A] is the trouble [Bm] didn't start till [E] three days after [D] he was dead.
It [Bm] was a military funeral [D] with the family gathered round, [Bm] come to show the old man honor
[E] and to ease him [A] in the ground.
[D] But murmurs [Cm] spread among the [G] crowd and the mourners' blood ran cold when up [Bm] pulled a
big squad [E] car marked Tennessee [D] State Patrol.
It was the old [Gbm] man's youngest son, [G] doing twenty [D]-five to life, for burning down his brother's [E] trailer
and running [A] off with his wife.
The [D] entire family was divided, [G] held together by shaky troops.
[D] And then a woman yelled, [Bm] [E] and all [D] hell broke loose.
[A] Brothers, uncles, sisters, [Eb] cousins, knife and [Am] fist fights by the [A] dubs, yelling, [D] spitting,
biting, hitting, what a sight to see.
At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, [C] two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [Dm] funeral fight.
[D] Well, they called out the county mountiest, [G] Homeboy [D] Highway Patrol.
And after about an hour or [E] two, they finally [A] gained control.
The [D] sheriff said, this [Dm] is a disgrace [G] and I'm hauling all y'all in.
[D] But not [Bm] until we brought this [E] service to a [D] decent end.
[Bm] So the honor guard stepped forward, [D] fired their rifles in the air.
[Bm] An old lady who was snoozing [E] jumped and fell [A] out of her chair.
[D]
And as she [C] hit that [B] astroturf, you won't believe what [G] happened then.
[D] A boy yelled, [Bm] [E] and here [D] we go again.
[A]
Horners, police, honor [B] guard, relatives [Am] from near and [A] far, cussing, [D] fussing, biting, hitting,
what [A] a sight to see.
[D] At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Quite right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It was the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral feud.
You can't believe the mayhem [E] and the chaos [A] that [D] ensued.
Why, they even [C] shot the sheriff, [G] punched out the [Abm] preacher's lights.
[D] At the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
[Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown [A] family [D] funeral fight.
[Abm] [D]
Key:
D
E
A
G
Bm
D
E
A
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] Now he was just a little fella, _ [G]
barely [D] five foot three, but he caused a great commotion
[E] down in Ducktown, [A] Tennessee.
[D] Now it was nothing [C] that the old man [G] did or one word that he said.
Fact [A] is the trouble [Bm] didn't start till [E] three days after [D] he was dead.
It [Bm] was a military funeral [D] with the family gathered round, [Bm] come to show the old man honor
[E] and to ease him [A] in the ground.
[D] But murmurs [Cm] spread among the [G] crowd and the mourners' blood ran cold when up [Bm] pulled a
big squad [E] car marked Tennessee [D] State Patrol. _ _ _ _ _
It was the old [Gbm] man's youngest son, [G] doing twenty [D]-five to life, for burning down his brother's [E] trailer
and running [A] off with his wife.
The [D] entire family was divided, [G] held together by shaky troops.
[D] And then a woman yelled, [Bm] _ [E] and all [D] hell broke loose.
[A] Brothers, uncles, sisters, [Eb] cousins, knife and [Am] fist fights by the [A] dubs, yelling, [D] spitting,
biting, hitting, what a sight to see.
At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, [C] two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [Dm] funeral fight. _ _ _
_ [D] _ Well, they called out the county mountiest, [G] Homeboy [D] Highway Patrol.
And after about an hour or [E] two, they finally [A] gained control.
The [D] sheriff said, this [Dm] is a disgrace [G] and I'm hauling all y'all in.
[D] But not [Bm] until we brought this [E] service to a [D] decent end.
[Bm] So the honor guard stepped forward, [D] fired their rifles in the air.
[Bm] An old lady who was snoozing [E] jumped and fell [A] out of her chair.
[D]
And as she [C] hit that [B] astroturf, you won't believe what [G] happened then.
[D] A boy yelled, [Bm] _ [E] and here [D] we go again.
_ _ [A]
Horners, police, honor [B] guard, relatives [Am] from near and [A] far, cussing, [D] fussing, biting, hitting,
what [A] a sight to see.
[D] At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Quite right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It was the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral feud.
You can't believe the mayhem [E] and the chaos [A] that [D] ensued.
Why, they even [C] shot the sheriff, [G] punched out the [Abm] preacher's lights.
[D] At the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight. _ _ _
[Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown [A] family [D] funeral fight.
_ [Abm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] Now he was just a little fella, _ [G]
barely [D] five foot three, but he caused a great commotion
[E] down in Ducktown, [A] Tennessee.
[D] Now it was nothing [C] that the old man [G] did or one word that he said.
Fact [A] is the trouble [Bm] didn't start till [E] three days after [D] he was dead.
It [Bm] was a military funeral [D] with the family gathered round, [Bm] come to show the old man honor
[E] and to ease him [A] in the ground.
[D] But murmurs [Cm] spread among the [G] crowd and the mourners' blood ran cold when up [Bm] pulled a
big squad [E] car marked Tennessee [D] State Patrol. _ _ _ _ _
It was the old [Gbm] man's youngest son, [G] doing twenty [D]-five to life, for burning down his brother's [E] trailer
and running [A] off with his wife.
The [D] entire family was divided, [G] held together by shaky troops.
[D] And then a woman yelled, [Bm] _ [E] and all [D] hell broke loose.
[A] Brothers, uncles, sisters, [Eb] cousins, knife and [Am] fist fights by the [A] dubs, yelling, [D] spitting,
biting, hitting, what a sight to see.
At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, [C] two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [Dm] funeral fight. _ _ _
_ [D] _ Well, they called out the county mountiest, [G] Homeboy [D] Highway Patrol.
And after about an hour or [E] two, they finally [A] gained control.
The [D] sheriff said, this [Dm] is a disgrace [G] and I'm hauling all y'all in.
[D] But not [Bm] until we brought this [E] service to a [D] decent end.
[Bm] So the honor guard stepped forward, [D] fired their rifles in the air.
[Bm] An old lady who was snoozing [E] jumped and fell [A] out of her chair.
[D]
And as she [C] hit that [B] astroturf, you won't believe what [G] happened then.
[D] A boy yelled, [Bm] _ [E] and here [D] we go again.
_ _ [A]
Horners, police, honor [B] guard, relatives [Am] from near and [A] far, cussing, [D] fussing, biting, hitting,
what [A] a sight to see.
[D] At the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It started in the [E] afternoon and lasted [A] half the night.
[D] Ten were stabbed, two were shot, [G] nobody walked or [Abm] talked.
Quite right [D] after the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight.
It was the Ducktown [G] knockdown family [D] funeral feud.
You can't believe the mayhem [E] and the chaos [A] that [D] ensued.
Why, they even [C] shot the sheriff, [G] punched out the [Abm] preacher's lights.
[D] At the [Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown family [D] funeral fight. _ _ _
[Bm] Ducktown [E] knockdown [A] family [D] funeral fight.
_ [Abm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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