Tom T Hall - Trip to Hyden Chords
Tempo:
93.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [C] [G]
[C] Tossed and turned the night [G] before in some [C] old motel,
[G] Subconsciously recalling some old sinful [C] thing I'd done.
My [F] buddy drove the car and those big [C] coal trucks shook us up
As we drove on into Hyden [G] in the early [C] morning sun.
Past the hound dogs [G] and some [C] Dominicker chickens,
[G] Temporary looking houses with their lean and [C] bashful kids.
[F] Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed [C] that Christ was coming soon,
And I thought, well man, he'd sure be [G] disappointed [C] if he did.
On the way we [G] talked about the [C] forty miners,
[Am] Of [G] the thirty-nine who died and one who lived to tell [C] the tale.
We [F] stopped for beans and cornbread at [C] the Ed and Lois Cafe,
Then went to see the sheriff at [G] the Leslie County [C] Jail.
They took us to the [G] scene of that [C] disaster,
I was [G] so surprised to not find any sign of death [C] at all.
[F] Just another country hillside with [C] some mud holes and some junk,
The mines were deadly silent like [G] a rat hole in [C] the wall.
It was just like being [G] right inside of [C] a shotgun,
[G] The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had [C] rolled.
[F] Back in town I bought a heavy [C] jacket from a store,
It was sunny down in Hyden but [G] somehow the town [C] was cold.
The old man [G] introduced the [C] undertaker,
[Am] Who [G] seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew [C] he did.
[F] We talked about the pretty lady [C] from the Grand Ole Opry,
And we talked about the money she [G] was raising for [C] the kids.
Well I guess the old man [G] thought we were [C] reporters,
He [G] kept reminding me of how his simple name [C] was spelled.
[F] Some lady said they worth more [C] money now than when they's a living,
And I'll leave it there cause I suppose [G] she told it [C] pretty well.
[N]
[C] Tossed and turned the night [G] before in some [C] old motel,
[G] Subconsciously recalling some old sinful [C] thing I'd done.
My [F] buddy drove the car and those big [C] coal trucks shook us up
As we drove on into Hyden [G] in the early [C] morning sun.
Past the hound dogs [G] and some [C] Dominicker chickens,
[G] Temporary looking houses with their lean and [C] bashful kids.
[F] Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed [C] that Christ was coming soon,
And I thought, well man, he'd sure be [G] disappointed [C] if he did.
On the way we [G] talked about the [C] forty miners,
[Am] Of [G] the thirty-nine who died and one who lived to tell [C] the tale.
We [F] stopped for beans and cornbread at [C] the Ed and Lois Cafe,
Then went to see the sheriff at [G] the Leslie County [C] Jail.
They took us to the [G] scene of that [C] disaster,
I was [G] so surprised to not find any sign of death [C] at all.
[F] Just another country hillside with [C] some mud holes and some junk,
The mines were deadly silent like [G] a rat hole in [C] the wall.
It was just like being [G] right inside of [C] a shotgun,
[G] The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had [C] rolled.
[F] Back in town I bought a heavy [C] jacket from a store,
It was sunny down in Hyden but [G] somehow the town [C] was cold.
The old man [G] introduced the [C] undertaker,
[Am] Who [G] seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew [C] he did.
[F] We talked about the pretty lady [C] from the Grand Ole Opry,
And we talked about the money she [G] was raising for [C] the kids.
Well I guess the old man [G] thought we were [C] reporters,
He [G] kept reminding me of how his simple name [C] was spelled.
[F] Some lady said they worth more [C] money now than when they's a living,
And I'll leave it there cause I suppose [G] she told it [C] pretty well.
[N]
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[C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ Tossed and turned the night [G] before in some [C] old motel, _
_ [G] Subconsciously recalling some old sinful [C] thing I'd done.
_ My [F] buddy drove the car and those big [C] coal trucks shook us up
As we drove on into Hyden [G] in the early [C] morning sun.
_ Past the hound dogs [G] and some [C] Dominicker chickens, _ _
[G] Temporary looking houses with their lean and [C] bashful kids.
_ [F] Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed [C] that Christ was coming soon,
And I thought, well man, he'd sure be [G] disappointed [C] if he did.
_ On the way we [G] talked about the [C] forty miners,
[Am] Of [G] the thirty-nine who died and one who lived to tell [C] the tale.
_ We [F] stopped for beans and cornbread at [C] the Ed and Lois Cafe,
Then went to see the sheriff at [G] the Leslie County [C] Jail.
_ _ They took us to the [G] scene of that [C] disaster,
_ I was [G] so surprised to not find any sign of death [C] at all.
_ [F] Just another country hillside with [C] some mud holes and some junk,
The mines were deadly silent like [G] a rat hole in [C] the wall.
_ It was just like being [G] right inside of [C] a shotgun, _ _
[G] The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had [C] rolled.
_ _ [F] Back in town I bought a heavy [C] jacket from a store,
It was sunny down in Hyden but [G] somehow the town [C] was cold.
_ _ The old man [G] introduced the [C] undertaker,
_ [Am] Who [G] seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew [C] he did.
_ _ [F] We talked about the pretty lady [C] from the Grand Ole Opry,
And we talked about the money she [G] was raising for [C] the kids.
Well I guess the old man [G] thought we were [C] reporters,
_ He [G] kept reminding me of how his simple name [C] was spelled.
_ [F] Some lady said they worth more [C] money now than when they's a living,
And I'll leave it there cause I suppose [G] she told it [C] pretty well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [C] _ _ Tossed and turned the night [G] before in some [C] old motel, _
_ [G] Subconsciously recalling some old sinful [C] thing I'd done.
_ My [F] buddy drove the car and those big [C] coal trucks shook us up
As we drove on into Hyden [G] in the early [C] morning sun.
_ Past the hound dogs [G] and some [C] Dominicker chickens, _ _
[G] Temporary looking houses with their lean and [C] bashful kids.
_ [F] Every hundred yards a sign proclaimed [C] that Christ was coming soon,
And I thought, well man, he'd sure be [G] disappointed [C] if he did.
_ On the way we [G] talked about the [C] forty miners,
[Am] Of [G] the thirty-nine who died and one who lived to tell [C] the tale.
_ We [F] stopped for beans and cornbread at [C] the Ed and Lois Cafe,
Then went to see the sheriff at [G] the Leslie County [C] Jail.
_ _ They took us to the [G] scene of that [C] disaster,
_ I was [G] so surprised to not find any sign of death [C] at all.
_ [F] Just another country hillside with [C] some mud holes and some junk,
The mines were deadly silent like [G] a rat hole in [C] the wall.
_ It was just like being [G] right inside of [C] a shotgun, _ _
[G] The old man coughed and lit a cigarette that he had [C] rolled.
_ _ [F] Back in town I bought a heavy [C] jacket from a store,
It was sunny down in Hyden but [G] somehow the town [C] was cold.
_ _ The old man [G] introduced the [C] undertaker,
_ [Am] Who [G] seemed refreshed despite the kind of work I knew [C] he did.
_ _ [F] We talked about the pretty lady [C] from the Grand Ole Opry,
And we talked about the money she [G] was raising for [C] the kids.
Well I guess the old man [G] thought we were [C] reporters,
_ He [G] kept reminding me of how his simple name [C] was spelled.
_ [F] Some lady said they worth more [C] money now than when they's a living,
And I'll leave it there cause I suppose [G] she told it [C] pretty well. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _