Chords for Roy Acuff - Great Speckled Bird
Tempo:
121.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
C#
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I think I'm about as nervous as I was the first night.
Oh, that's wonderful.
So from the fiddle and the fiddle music for the square dancers on the Grand Ole Opry,
a great artist walked to the microphone one night and sung a song
and almost got fired because he sung instead of played the fiddle.
And I want you to do the first song that you sung on the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm going to try to do it.
You got me nervous.
Now listen, on our way down, see, for [C#] the audition,
this is all a true story that I tell.
We talked about what to do on the program.
We knew that I was going to fill in for Arthur Smith,
one of the finest of the fiddlers at that time.
And I said, well, I ought to sing The Great Speckled Bird.
They said, no, they want you to fiddle.
[C] I said, yes, but all of our mail in Knoxville is for The Great Speckled Bird.
And I said, I think that I'm looking for a job down there, not [A#] just to fiddle.
I'm going to get on if I can.
And [A] I finally talked them into letting me sing The Speckled Bird,
and that's where the mail come in from.
So we'll do it.
Let's hear it.
Will you roll it?
[G]
[C]
[D]
[G]
What a beautiful thought I [C] am thinking
[D]
Concerning a great [G] speckled bird
Remember her name [C] is recorded
On the pages of God's holy [G] word
[B]
Desiring to lower her [C] standard
[D] They watch every move that [G] she makes
They long to find fault [D]
[C] with her teaching
[D] But really they find [G] no mistake
[Am] [C]
[D]
[G] I am glad I have learned of [C] her meekness
I [D] am proud that my name is [G] on her book
For I want to be one [C] never peering
The
[D] face of my Savior's [G] true love
When he cometh descending [C] from heaven
On [D] the clouds as he writes in [G] his word
I'll be joyfully [Dm] carried to [C] meet him
On [D] the wings of that great
[G] speckled bird
[F] [G] [N]
Oh, that's wonderful.
So from the fiddle and the fiddle music for the square dancers on the Grand Ole Opry,
a great artist walked to the microphone one night and sung a song
and almost got fired because he sung instead of played the fiddle.
And I want you to do the first song that you sung on the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm going to try to do it.
You got me nervous.
Now listen, on our way down, see, for [C#] the audition,
this is all a true story that I tell.
We talked about what to do on the program.
We knew that I was going to fill in for Arthur Smith,
one of the finest of the fiddlers at that time.
And I said, well, I ought to sing The Great Speckled Bird.
They said, no, they want you to fiddle.
[C] I said, yes, but all of our mail in Knoxville is for The Great Speckled Bird.
And I said, I think that I'm looking for a job down there, not [A#] just to fiddle.
I'm going to get on if I can.
And [A] I finally talked them into letting me sing The Speckled Bird,
and that's where the mail come in from.
So we'll do it.
Let's hear it.
Will you roll it?
[G]
[C]
[D]
[G]
What a beautiful thought I [C] am thinking
[D]
Concerning a great [G] speckled bird
Remember her name [C] is recorded
On the pages of God's holy [G] word
[B]
Desiring to lower her [C] standard
[D] They watch every move that [G] she makes
They long to find fault [D]
[C] with her teaching
[D] But really they find [G] no mistake
[Am] [C]
[D]
[G] I am glad I have learned of [C] her meekness
I [D] am proud that my name is [G] on her book
For I want to be one [C] never peering
The
[D] face of my Savior's [G] true love
When he cometh descending [C] from heaven
On [D] the clouds as he writes in [G] his word
I'll be joyfully [Dm] carried to [C] meet him
On [D] the wings of that great
[G] speckled bird
[F] [G] [N]
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C
D
C#
A#
G
C
D
I think I'm about as nervous as I was the first night. _ _
Oh, that's wonderful.
So from the fiddle and the fiddle music for the square dancers on the Grand Ole Opry, _
a great artist walked to the microphone one night and sung a song
and almost got fired because he sung instead of played the fiddle.
And I want you to do the first song that you sung on the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm going to try to do it.
You got me nervous.
Now listen, _ _ _ on our way down, see, for [C#] the audition,
this is all a true story that I tell.
_ _ We talked about what to do on the program.
We knew that I was going to fill in for Arthur Smith,
one of the finest of the fiddlers at that time. _
And I said, well, I ought to sing The Great Speckled Bird.
They said, no, they want you to fiddle.
[C] I said, yes, but all of our mail in Knoxville is for The Great Speckled Bird.
And I said, I think that I'm looking for a job down there, not [A#] just to fiddle.
I'm going to get on if I can.
And [A] I finally talked them into letting me sing The Speckled Bird,
and that's where the mail come in from.
So we'll do it.
Let's hear it.
Will you roll it?
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ What a _ beautiful _ thought I [C] am thinking
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Concerning a great _ [G] speckled bird
_ _ _ _ _ Remember _ her name _ [C] is recorded
_ _ _ _ _ On the _ pages of _ God's holy [G] word
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ Desiring to _ lower her [C] standard _ _ _ _ _
[D] They watch every move that [G] she makes
_ _ _ They _ long to find fault [D] _
[C] with her teaching _ _ _ _
[D] But _ really they find _ [G] no mistake _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I am glad I have learned of [C] her meekness
_ _ I _ [D] am proud that my name is [G] on her book
For _ _ _ I want to be one _ [C] never peering
_ _ The _ _
[D] _ face of my _ Savior's [G] true love
_ _ _ When he _ cometh _ descending [C] from heaven
_ _ On _ [D] the _ clouds as he writes in [G] his word
_ _ _ I'll be _ joyfully _ [Dm] carried to [C] meet him
_ _ _ On [D] the wings of that great _ _
[G] speckled bird
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Oh, that's wonderful.
So from the fiddle and the fiddle music for the square dancers on the Grand Ole Opry, _
a great artist walked to the microphone one night and sung a song
and almost got fired because he sung instead of played the fiddle.
And I want you to do the first song that you sung on the Grand Ole Opry.
I'm going to try to do it.
You got me nervous.
Now listen, _ _ _ on our way down, see, for [C#] the audition,
this is all a true story that I tell.
_ _ We talked about what to do on the program.
We knew that I was going to fill in for Arthur Smith,
one of the finest of the fiddlers at that time. _
And I said, well, I ought to sing The Great Speckled Bird.
They said, no, they want you to fiddle.
[C] I said, yes, but all of our mail in Knoxville is for The Great Speckled Bird.
And I said, I think that I'm looking for a job down there, not [A#] just to fiddle.
I'm going to get on if I can.
And [A] I finally talked them into letting me sing The Speckled Bird,
and that's where the mail come in from.
So we'll do it.
Let's hear it.
Will you roll it?
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ What a _ beautiful _ thought I [C] am thinking
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Concerning a great _ [G] speckled bird
_ _ _ _ _ Remember _ her name _ [C] is recorded
_ _ _ _ _ On the _ pages of _ God's holy [G] word
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ Desiring to _ lower her [C] standard _ _ _ _ _
[D] They watch every move that [G] she makes
_ _ _ They _ long to find fault [D] _
[C] with her teaching _ _ _ _
[D] But _ really they find _ [G] no mistake _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I am glad I have learned of [C] her meekness
_ _ I _ [D] am proud that my name is [G] on her book
For _ _ _ I want to be one _ [C] never peering
_ _ The _ _
[D] _ face of my _ Savior's [G] true love
_ _ _ When he _ cometh _ descending [C] from heaven
_ _ On _ [D] the _ clouds as he writes in [G] his word
_ _ _ I'll be _ joyfully _ [Dm] carried to [C] meet him
_ _ _ On [D] the wings of that great _ _
[G] speckled bird
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _