Artist: | Ralph Estes (English) |
User: | ralph estes |
Duration: | 240 seconds |
Delay: | 0 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
One [D] evening [A7] as the [D] sun went [A7] down
And the [D] jungle [A7] fires were [D] burning,
Down the track came a [A7] hobo [D] hiking,
He said, "Boys, [A7] I'm not [D] turning
I'm [G] heading for a [D] land that's [G] far a[D]way
Be[G]side that crystal [A7] fountain
I'll [D] see you [A7] all this [D] coming [A7] fall
In the [D] Big Rock [A7] Candy [D] Mountain
[D] In the Big Rock [A7] Candy [D] Mountain,
It's a [G] land that's fair and [D] bright,
The [G] handouts grow on [D] bushes
And you [Em] sleep out ev'ry [A7] night.
The [D] boxcars all are empty
And the [G] sun shines every [D] day
I'm [G] bound to [D] go where there [G] ain't no [D] snow
Where the [G] sleet don't [D] fall and the [G] winds don't [D] blow
In the [A7] Big Rock Candy [D] Mountain.
[D] In the Big Rock [A7] Candy [D] Mountain
You [G] never change your [D] socks
And [G] little streams of [D] ginger ale [or: alky-hol]
Come [Em] trickling down the[A7] rocks
There [D] ain't no short-handled shovels,
No [G] axes, saws nor [D] picks,
I'm [G] bound to [D] stay where you [G] sleep all [D] day,
Where they [G] hung the [D] jerk that [G] invented [D] work
In the [A7] Big Rock Candy [D] Mountain.
CHORUS ISN'T VERY INTERESTING; CAN OMIT ENTIRELY
[otherwise it goes after every verse]
Oh the buzzin' of the bees
In the cigarette trees
Near the soda water fountain
At the lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain