Big Rock Candy Mountain
Harry McclintockVersions2
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords:
F
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B|------1----------0----------1---------------------------------------------|
G|------0----------0----------2---------------------------------------------|
D|------2----------0----------3---------------------------------------------|
A|------3----------2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
The intro goes something like this:
e|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
B|---------1------------1-----------1---------------------------------------|
G|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0-----2------------------------|
A|-----3-------0-----3-----0-----0--------3-----3-------3-------------------|
E|--3-------------3-----------3---------------------------------------------|
One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fires were burning,
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm headed for a land that's far away
Besides the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
There's a land that's fair and bright,
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
And the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The jails are made of tin.
And you can walk right out again,
As soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws nor picks,
I'm bound to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
*same chords for whistling*
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
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Readable chord sheet for Big Rock Candy Mountain by Harry Mcclintock
Chords:
[C] [G] [F]
e|------0----------3----------1---------------------------------------------|
B|------1----------0----------1---------------------------------------------|
G|------0----------0----------2---------------------------------------------|
D|------2----------0----------3---------------------------------------------|
A|------3----------2--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3--------------------------------------------------------|
The intro goes something like this:
e|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
B|---------1------------1-----------1---------------------------------------|
G|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0-----2------------------------|
A|-----3-------0-----3-----0-----0--------3-----3-------3-------------------|
E|--3-------------3-----------3---------------------------------------------|
One even[C]ing as the sun went down
And the j[F]ungle fires were b[C]urning,
Down the t[C]rack came a hobo hiking,
And he s[F]aid, "Boys, I'm not tu[C]rning
I'm he[F]aded for a l[C]and that's f[F]ar aw[C]ay
Be[C]sides the crystal f[G]ountains
So co[C]me with me, we'll go and see
The B[F]ig Rock Candy Mo[C]untains
In the B[C]ig Rock Candy Mountains,
There's a l[F]and that's fair and b[C]right,
Where the ha[F]ndouts grow on b[C]ushes
And you sleep out every ni[G]ght.
Where the bo[C]xcars all are empty
And the s[F]un shines every d[C]ay
And the b[F]irds and the b[C]ees
And the ci[F]garette tre[C]es
The l[F]emonade spr[C]ings
Where the bl[F]uebird si[C]ngs
In the B[G]ig Rock Candy Mo[C]untains.
In the B[C]ig Rock Candy Mountains
All the c[F]ops have wooden l[C]egs
And the b[F]ulldogs all have ru[C]bber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled e[G]ggs
The fa[C]rmers' trees are full of fruit
And the ba[F]rns are full of h[C]ay
Oh I'm b[F]ound to [C]go
Where there a[F]in't no s[C]now
Where the ra[F]in don't f[C]all
The w[F]inds don't b[C]low
In the B[G]ig Rock Candy Mo[C]untains.
In the B[C]ig Rock Candy Mountains
You ne[F]ver change your so[C]cks
And the l[F]ittle streams of al[C]cohol
Come trickling down the ro[G]cks
The br[C]akemen have to tip their hats
And the ra[F]ilway bulls are bl[C]ind
There's a l[F]ake of s[C]tew
And of wh[F]iskey t[C]oo
You can p[F]addle all a[C]round it
In a b[F]ig ca[C]noe
In the B[G]ig Rock Candy Mo[C]untains
In the B[C]ig Rock Candy Mountains,
The j[F]ails are made of t[C]in.
And y[F]ou can walk right o[C]ut again,
As soon as you are [G]in.
There a[C]in't no short-handled shovels,
No a[F]xes, saws nor pi[C]cks,
I'm b[F]ound to s[C]tay
Where you s[F]leep all d[C]ay,
Where they h[F]ung the j[C]erk
That in[F]vented w[C]ork
In the B[G]ig Rock Candy Mou[C]ntains.
*same chords for whistling*
I'll s[F]ee you a[C]ll this co[F]ming f[C]all
In the B[G]ig Rock Candy Mo[C]untains