Big Rock Candy Mountain Chords

Big Rock Candy Mountian – Harry McClintock
I find this much easier to play with C and Am, as opposed to C and F, with no major difference in sound.
Substitute as you see fit.
 
C                                              G          C
One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning
C                                                   G       C
Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said, "Boys I'm not turning" I'm
Am          C           Am    C     Am       C       G
headed for a land that's far away besides the crystal fountain So
C                                G              C
come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountain
 
       C                                 Am                   C
In  the Big Rock Candy Mountain There's a land that's fair and bright the
Am               C              Am               G
handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the
C                            Am               C
boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day On the
Am            C       Am         C        Am        C
birds and the bees the cigarette trees the lemonade springs where the
Am      C            G              C
bluebird sings in The Big Rock Candy Mountain
 
      C                               Am                C
In The Big Rock Candy Mountain all the cops have wooden legs and the
Am                C                    Am                    G
bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs The
C                                       Am                 C
farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay Oh I'm
Am       C              Am        C                Am        C
bound to go where there ain't no snow where there ain't no fall and the
Am         C           G              C
winds don't blow in The Big Rock Candy Mountain
 
      C                           Am                C
In The Big Rock Candy Mountain you never change your socks and the
Am                C              Am                 G
little streams of alcohol come a tricklin' down the rocks The
C                                      Am                 C
brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind There's a
Am      C          Am      C           Am           C
lake of stew and of wiskey too you can paddle all around them in a
Am    C          G              C
big canoe in The Big Rock Candy Mountain
 
      C                           Am                C
In The Big Rock Candy Mountain the jails are made of tin and
Am                 C            Am               G
you can walk right out again as soon as you are in There
C                               Am            C
ain't no short handle shovels no axes saws or picks I'm
Am    C              Am         C
gonna stay where you sleep all day where they
Am       C            Am     C
hung the Turk that invented work in The
G             C                   C Am C Am
Big Rock Candy Mountain .....
 
C   Am       C        Am     C           G              C
I'll see you all this commin fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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