Chords for Ricky Van Shelton on the Grand Ole Opry

You're watching our show here at the Grand Ole Opry tonight out across this vast audience that we have that
right at that television.
We appreciate you ladies and gentlemen letting us come into your home.
We
have a treat for you right at this time.
Here's one of the truly great voices in country music
and one of the gentlemen to go along with it ladies and gentlemen.
Give a nice warm round of applause to my friend Ricky Van Shelton. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Hi everybody. _
How y'all are?
_ _ _ Whoa here.
Everybody having a good time?
_ _ Okay that's what it's all
about.
You bought that ticket now use it okay.
You can get up and dance and make a fool of yourself
anything you want to do.
Just don't fall out the balcony.
_ _ We're going to do a song we had a big hit
with early on in the career.
It's called From a Jack to a King.
How about it?
_ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[Bm] From a Jack to [D] a King.
_ _ [A] Loneliness to a wedding ring.
I played an Ace and I won a Queen.
Walked [F#m] away with [D] your heart.
_ From a Jack to a King.
You know we [A] better stack the cards last night.
I'll leave you a platter and just write.
To make you gain [D] my [G] heart.
_ [D] [Em] For [G] just a little while I thought that I [D] might lose the game.
[E] Dangerous time I saw a dream [Bm] girl in your [A] eyes.
_ From a Jack [D] to a King.
_ [F#m] Loneliness [A] to a wedding ring.
I played an Ace and I won a Queen.
Walked away [D] with your [Em] heart.
_ [D] _ [F#m] _
[Bm] _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
[D] _ [D] For just [G] a little while I thought that [D] I might lose the game.
Then just [E] in time I saw a dream girl in [A] your eyes.
[D] From a Jack to a King.
_ _ [A] Loneliness to a wedding ring.
I played an Ace and I won a Queen.
That made me [D] gain of your [G] heart.
[D] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ Not _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [D] _ [G] the ready or fastened.
Forgot the windows rolled down.
And I'm cruising [D] this back road.
[G] On these skirts of [D] town.
Like [G] a feather in the blowing.
When _ _ [D] I'm cruising these back roads.
All [G] my troubles are behind.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Well when I [D] woke up.
_ [G]
Need to look [E] outside.
[D] And it was plain to see.
One of [G] those girls made for taking a ride.
[C] So I went downstairs and I cleaned my [G] hair.
And caught me a cigarette.
[D] And it hit me right there.
My mama [G] said.
_ _ _ [D] Life won't work.
Hold up.
[G] They're gonna be mature today.
[D] They got sunny day blues.
There's only one [G] thing that's gonna make me go away.
[C] So I went out.
I climbed [G] into my big old Chevrolet.
[C] With a turn of the key.
And I found a [D] girl.
I was on my way.
[G] Not the ready or fastened.
Forgot the windows rolled down.
And I'm [D] cruising these back roads.
On these [G] skirts of town.
[D] [G] Like a feather in the blowing.
Everything is fine.
When I'm [D] cruising these back roads.
All my [G] troubles are behind.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Well [D] maybe I did.
Or maybe [G] I didn't.
Gonna lose my job today.
[D] Cause you can take my cash.
Take my break.
[G] No they won't.
_ _ [C] Because sometimes.
There is a [G] lot to raise.
[Gm] [C] When I'm going with.
A [Am] man that's old.
[D] That's down in front of me.
[G] I got the ready or fastened.
I got the windows rolled down.
And I'm cruising [D] these back roads.
On these [G] skirts of town.
Like a feather in the blowing.
Everything is fine.
When I'm [D] cruising these back roads.
All my [G] troubles are behind.
One more time.
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [G] _
_ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Thank _ _ _
_ _ [N] you very much and happy Mother's Day mama and all you mothers.
How about that?
Ricky Van Shelton.
How nice to have you on the program tonight my friend.
It's good to be here.
Thank you buddy.
Thank you for the nice job.
[C] Ricky Van Shelton.
One more nice round of applause.
You heard the music of Ricky Van Shelton.
This is his literary work.
Three books now right?
Yeah.
Tales from a [Bm] duck named Quacker.
Yeah that's my literary work.
You go.
And you also have [C#] a calendar I understand.
Oh yeah.
There's three of these Quacker stories.
There's actually six.
Only three has been published.
But the fourth one has been published in a calendar form.
Not in book form.
But so you get your calendar.
It's got the stories on it.
Yeah.
Well you gonna put a little Jimmy Dickens in there?