Chords for Wilf Carter - 50 Golden Years (1983)
Tempo:
89 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
Way down in old Escosia the year [G]
1904 [A] there lived little Sprinker no one had seen [D] before.
My mama said, hey doctor, you don't [G] look like a brother.
[A] The doctor smiled and looked at me and spanked my [D] darling mother.
[G] The first two years enrolled away and [D] I was sent to school.
[E] I didn't like my teacher [A] so I broke the golden rule.
[D] She stood me in the corner, I drew faces [G] on my slate.
[A] Had the whole school in a knock or less when I met [D] my fate.
It made my daddy angry, he said, son I'll make [G] you dance.
[A] Well I beat him to the woodshed, stuffed a shingle in [D] my pants.
The worst one that he gave me, pieces fell all over [G] the floor.
[A] That's when I made my getaway right through the [D] woodshed door.
[G] Says I'll be a cowboy [D] and I ran away from home.
[E] I jumped the freight train going west [A] forever on my own.
[D] I landed in Alberta mid the fields of golden [G] grain.
[A] There I became a cowboy and I tried to win [D] some fame.
I rode the old truck wagon in the Calgary [G] Stampede.
[A] I milked wild cows and eared down bronx a-tryin' for [D] the deed.
That night I strummed my old guitar and sang my [G] cowboy song.
[A] I yodeled to the cowboy dream as the echo [D] rolled along.
[G] I rode along the mountain trails and sang my lullaby.
[E] I wrote Swiss moonlight lullaby [A] beneath the starlit sky.
[D] Around the glowing campfire you could hear me sing [G] my song.
[A] As I drifted down the canyons and the echo [D] rolled along.
My dream came through with RCA in [G] 1933.
[A] I sang Swiss moonlight lullaby to me made [D] history.
And now you've heard my story at times I [G] shed a tear.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
My fifty golden years.
Yes, my fifty [A] golden [D] years.
Way down in old Escosia the year [G]
1904 [A] there lived little Sprinker no one had seen [D] before.
My mama said, hey doctor, you don't [G] look like a brother.
[A] The doctor smiled and looked at me and spanked my [D] darling mother.
[G] The first two years enrolled away and [D] I was sent to school.
[E] I didn't like my teacher [A] so I broke the golden rule.
[D] She stood me in the corner, I drew faces [G] on my slate.
[A] Had the whole school in a knock or less when I met [D] my fate.
It made my daddy angry, he said, son I'll make [G] you dance.
[A] Well I beat him to the woodshed, stuffed a shingle in [D] my pants.
The worst one that he gave me, pieces fell all over [G] the floor.
[A] That's when I made my getaway right through the [D] woodshed door.
[G] Says I'll be a cowboy [D] and I ran away from home.
[E] I jumped the freight train going west [A] forever on my own.
[D] I landed in Alberta mid the fields of golden [G] grain.
[A] There I became a cowboy and I tried to win [D] some fame.
I rode the old truck wagon in the Calgary [G] Stampede.
[A] I milked wild cows and eared down bronx a-tryin' for [D] the deed.
That night I strummed my old guitar and sang my [G] cowboy song.
[A] I yodeled to the cowboy dream as the echo [D] rolled along.
[G] I rode along the mountain trails and sang my lullaby.
[E] I wrote Swiss moonlight lullaby [A] beneath the starlit sky.
[D] Around the glowing campfire you could hear me sing [G] my song.
[A] As I drifted down the canyons and the echo [D] rolled along.
My dream came through with RCA in [G] 1933.
[A] I sang Swiss moonlight lullaby to me made [D] history.
And now you've heard my story at times I [G] shed a tear.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
My fifty golden years.
Yes, my fifty [A] golden [D] years.
Key:
D
A
G
E
D
A
G
E
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Way down in old Escosia the year _ [G]
1904 [A] there lived little Sprinker no one had seen [D] before.
My mama said, hey doctor, you don't [G] look like a brother.
[A] The doctor smiled and looked at me and spanked my [D] darling mother.
[G] The first two years enrolled away and [D] I was sent to school.
[E] I didn't like my teacher [A] so I broke the golden rule.
[D] She stood me in the corner, I drew faces [G] on my slate.
[A] Had the whole school in a knock or less when I met [D] my fate.
It made my daddy angry, he said, son I'll make [G] you dance.
[A] Well I beat him to the woodshed, stuffed a shingle in [D] my pants.
The worst one that he gave me, pieces fell all over [G] the floor.
[A] That's when I made my getaway right through the [D] woodshed door.
[G] Says I'll be a cowboy [D] and I ran away from home.
[E] I jumped the freight train going west [A] forever on my own.
[D] I landed in Alberta mid the fields of golden [G] grain.
[A] There I became a cowboy and I tried to win [D] some fame.
I rode the old truck wagon in the Calgary [G] Stampede.
[A] I milked wild cows and eared down bronx a-tryin' for [D] the deed.
That night I strummed my old guitar and sang my [G] cowboy song.
[A] I yodeled to the cowboy dream as the echo [D] rolled along.
[G] I rode along the mountain trails and sang my lullaby.
[E] I wrote Swiss moonlight lullaby [A] beneath the starlit sky.
[D] Around the glowing campfire you could hear me sing [G] my song.
[A] As I drifted down the canyons and the echo [D] rolled along.
My dream came through with RCA in [G] 1933.
[A] I sang Swiss moonlight lullaby to me made [D] history.
And now you've heard my story at times I [G] shed a tear.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
My fifty _ golden years.
Yes, my fifty [A] _ golden [D] years. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Way down in old Escosia the year _ [G]
1904 [A] there lived little Sprinker no one had seen [D] before.
My mama said, hey doctor, you don't [G] look like a brother.
[A] The doctor smiled and looked at me and spanked my [D] darling mother.
[G] The first two years enrolled away and [D] I was sent to school.
[E] I didn't like my teacher [A] so I broke the golden rule.
[D] She stood me in the corner, I drew faces [G] on my slate.
[A] Had the whole school in a knock or less when I met [D] my fate.
It made my daddy angry, he said, son I'll make [G] you dance.
[A] Well I beat him to the woodshed, stuffed a shingle in [D] my pants.
The worst one that he gave me, pieces fell all over [G] the floor.
[A] That's when I made my getaway right through the [D] woodshed door.
[G] Says I'll be a cowboy [D] and I ran away from home.
[E] I jumped the freight train going west [A] forever on my own.
[D] I landed in Alberta mid the fields of golden [G] grain.
[A] There I became a cowboy and I tried to win [D] some fame.
I rode the old truck wagon in the Calgary [G] Stampede.
[A] I milked wild cows and eared down bronx a-tryin' for [D] the deed.
That night I strummed my old guitar and sang my [G] cowboy song.
[A] I yodeled to the cowboy dream as the echo [D] rolled along.
[G] I rode along the mountain trails and sang my lullaby.
[E] I wrote Swiss moonlight lullaby [A] beneath the starlit sky.
[D] Around the glowing campfire you could hear me sing [G] my song.
[A] As I drifted down the canyons and the echo [D] rolled along.
My dream came through with RCA in [G] 1933.
[A] I sang Swiss moonlight lullaby to me made [D] history.
And now you've heard my story at times I [G] shed a tear.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
[A] A million thanks to one and all for my fifty [D] golden years.
My fifty _ golden years.
Yes, my fifty [A] _ golden [D] years. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _