Chords for Sanford Clark - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
Tempo:
90.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Fm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [Gm] [Eb] [F] [Bb]
[Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to our cabin.
Above the door [Bb] there burned a scarlet lamp.
[F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
The corn was dry [Eb] and the weeds were high [Bb] when Daddy took to drinking.
[Eb] And him and Lucy [Bb] Walker, they took up and run away.
[F] [Bb] Mama cried [Eb] a tear and then [Bb] she promised fourteen children,
[Eb] I swear you'll never [F] see a hungry [Bb] day.
When Mama [Eb] sacrificed her pride [Bb] the neighbors started talking.
But I was much too young to understand the things [F] they said.
[Bb] The things that mattered [Eb] most of all [Bb] was Mama's chicken dumplings
[Eb] and a goodnight kiss [Dm] before we went [Bb] to bed.
[Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp.
[F] And late at night [Cm] a hand was knocking there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [Bb] of Hickory Holler's tramp.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the [F] son of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
When Daddy left [Eb] and destitution [Bb] came upon our family,
[Eb] not one [Bb] neighbor volunteered to give a helping [F] hand.
[Bb] So let them gossip [Eb] all they want, [Bb] she loved us and she raised us.
[Eb] The proof is standing [Bb] here, a full grown man.
Last summer Mama [Eb] passed away [Bb] and left the ones who loved her.
[Eb] Each and every [Bb] one more than grateful for their birth.
Each Sunday she [Eb] receives a fresh [Bb] bouquet of fourteen roses
[Eb] and a card that says [A] the greatest [Bb] mom [Eb] on earth.
[Bb] Oh, [F] the path was deep and wide [Eb] from footsteps leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a scarlet [Bb] lamp.
[F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
[Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to our cabin.
Above the door [Bb] there burned a scarlet lamp.
[F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
The corn was dry [Eb] and the weeds were high [Bb] when Daddy took to drinking.
[Eb] And him and Lucy [Bb] Walker, they took up and run away.
[F] [Bb] Mama cried [Eb] a tear and then [Bb] she promised fourteen children,
[Eb] I swear you'll never [F] see a hungry [Bb] day.
When Mama [Eb] sacrificed her pride [Bb] the neighbors started talking.
But I was much too young to understand the things [F] they said.
[Bb] The things that mattered [Eb] most of all [Bb] was Mama's chicken dumplings
[Eb] and a goodnight kiss [Dm] before we went [Bb] to bed.
[Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp.
[F] And late at night [Cm] a hand was knocking there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [Bb] of Hickory Holler's tramp.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the [F] son of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
When Daddy left [Eb] and destitution [Bb] came upon our family,
[Eb] not one [Bb] neighbor volunteered to give a helping [F] hand.
[Bb] So let them gossip [Eb] all they want, [Bb] she loved us and she raised us.
[Eb] The proof is standing [Bb] here, a full grown man.
Last summer Mama [Eb] passed away [Bb] and left the ones who loved her.
[Eb] Each and every [Bb] one more than grateful for their birth.
Each Sunday she [Eb] receives a fresh [Bb] bouquet of fourteen roses
[Eb] and a card that says [A] the greatest [Bb] mom [Eb] on earth.
[Bb] Oh, [F] the path was deep and wide [Eb] from footsteps leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a scarlet [Bb] lamp.
[F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Fm
Gm
Bb
Eb
F
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to our cabin.
Above the door [Bb] there burned a scarlet lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ The corn was dry [Eb] and the weeds were high [Bb] when Daddy took to drinking.
[Eb] And him and Lucy [Bb] Walker, they took up and run away.
[F] [Bb] Mama cried [Eb] a tear and then [Bb] she promised fourteen children,
[Eb] I swear you'll never [F] see a hungry [Bb] day.
_ _ When Mama [Eb] sacrificed her pride [Bb] the neighbors started talking.
But I was much too young to understand the things [F] they said.
[Bb] The things that mattered [Eb] most of all [Bb] was Mama's chicken dumplings
[Eb] and a goodnight kiss [Dm] before we went [Bb] to bed.
_ _ [Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night [Cm] a hand was knocking there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [Bb] of Hickory Holler's tramp.
_ _ [Eb] Yes, I'm the [F] son of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ When Daddy left [Eb] and destitution [Bb] came upon our family,
[Eb] not one [Bb] neighbor volunteered to give a helping [F] hand.
[Bb] So let them gossip [Eb] all they want, [Bb] she loved us and she raised us.
[Eb] The proof is standing [Bb] here, a full grown man.
_ Last summer Mama [Eb] passed away [Bb] and left the ones who loved her.
[Eb] Each and every [Bb] one more than grateful for their birth.
Each Sunday she [Eb] receives a fresh [Bb] bouquet of fourteen roses
[Eb] and a card that says [A] the greatest [Bb] mom [Eb] on earth.
[Bb] _ Oh, [F] the path was deep and wide [Eb] from footsteps leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a scarlet [Bb] lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ [Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ [Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to our cabin.
Above the door [Bb] there burned a scarlet lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ The corn was dry [Eb] and the weeds were high [Bb] when Daddy took to drinking.
[Eb] And him and Lucy [Bb] Walker, they took up and run away.
[F] [Bb] Mama cried [Eb] a tear and then [Bb] she promised fourteen children,
[Eb] I swear you'll never [F] see a hungry [Bb] day.
_ _ When Mama [Eb] sacrificed her pride [Bb] the neighbors started talking.
But I was much too young to understand the things [F] they said.
[Bb] The things that mattered [Eb] most of all [Bb] was Mama's chicken dumplings
[Eb] and a goodnight kiss [Dm] before we went [Bb] to bed.
_ _ [Fm] Oh, the path was deep and wide from footsteps [Eb] leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a [Bb] scarlet lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night [Cm] a hand was knocking there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [Bb] of Hickory Holler's tramp.
_ _ [Eb] Yes, I'm the [F] son of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ When Daddy left [Eb] and destitution [Bb] came upon our family,
[Eb] not one [Bb] neighbor volunteered to give a helping [F] hand.
[Bb] So let them gossip [Eb] all they want, [Bb] she loved us and she raised us.
[Eb] The proof is standing [Bb] here, a full grown man.
_ Last summer Mama [Eb] passed away [Bb] and left the ones who loved her.
[Eb] Each and every [Bb] one more than grateful for their birth.
Each Sunday she [Eb] receives a fresh [Bb] bouquet of fourteen roses
[Eb] and a card that says [A] the greatest [Bb] mom [Eb] on earth.
[Bb] _ Oh, [F] the path was deep and wide [Eb] from footsteps leading to [Bb] our cabin.
[Eb] Above the door [F] there burned a scarlet [Bb] lamp.
_ _ [F] And late at night a hand was knocking [Eb] there was Stanley [Bb] Stranger.
[Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.
_ _ [Eb] Yes, I'm the son [F] of Hickory [Bb] Holler's tramp.