Big Rock Candy Mountain Chords

by Harry McClintock
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The original song should be more of a tab but I made it into chords.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author zoomschoolcca [a] 85.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 24, 2022
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Chords

C
G
F/C

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[Intro]
 
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------| x2
A|-3-3---------------|
E|-----5-3-----------|
 
[Verse 1]
C
One evening as the sun went down
      G              C
And the jungle fire was burning,
C
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
              G          C
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
F/C             C      F/C    C
I'm headed for a land that's far away
F/C         C        G
Besides the crystal fountains
C
So come with me, we'll go and see
        G     C
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
 C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
F/C                             C
There's a land that's fair and bright,
F/C                      C
Where the handouts grow on bushes
F/C                      G
And you sleep out every night
C
Where the boxcars all are empty
F/C                       C
And the sun shines every day
F/C              C
On the birds and the bees
F/C                C
And the cigarette trees
F/C           C
The lemonade springs
F/C                 C
Where the bluebird sings
G                C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
 
[Verse 2]
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
F/C                       C
All the cops have wooden legs
F/C                        C
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
F/C               G
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
C
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
F/C                        C
And the barns are full of hay
F/C             C
Oh I'm bound to go
F/C                C
Where there ain't no snow
F/C             C
Where the rain don't fall
F/C             C
The wind don't blow
G                C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
 
[Verse 3]
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
F/C                 C
You never change your socks
F/C                      C
And the little streams of alcohol
F/C                  G
Come trickling down the rocks
C
The brakemen have to tip their hats
F/C                     C
And the railroad bulls are blind
F/C             C
There's a lake of stew
F/C            C
And of whiskey, too
F/C             C
You can paddle all around 'em
F/C       C
In a big canoe
G                C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
 
[Verse 4]
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
F/C                  C
The jails are made of tin
F/C                     C
And you can walk right out again,
F/C             G
As soon as you are in
C
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
F/C            C
No axes, saws or picks,
F/C         C
I'ma goin' to stay
F/C              C
Where you sleep all day,
F/C              C
Where they hung the Turk
F/C            C
That invented work
G                C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
F/C           C   F/C         C
I'll see you all this coming Fall
G                C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
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Big Rock Candy Mountain – Harry McClintock
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dh_longboarder
Where they hung the jerk that invented the work
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tmura.murad
i think this works better for the intro tab :^) |--------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|--3----------------| E|-3----5-3----------| |--------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-3-----------------| E|-----5-3-----------| |--------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-3---535---7--3----| E|-------------------|
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theonenick
I’ve seen these comments for a long time, thought about them way more than necessary, and finally can’t help but weigh in. I think he says “Turk.” Dictionary.com lists “a violent, brutal, or domineering person” as an obsolete/derogatory definition of Turk. Nevertheless, I say “jerk” when I sing it because it obviously makes more sense today.
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