Chords for “Rockin’ Chair” by The THE BAND Band

_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] Hang _ _ [Dm] around _ well, [C] boy, _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ don't you raise [C] those _ sails _ anymore.
[F] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ And [F] it's for _ [Dm] sure, _ _ I spent my [C] whole life [G] at _ sea. _
_ _ [Bb] I'm pushing [F] H _ [G]-73, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] and there's only [Dm] one place that [C] was meant for _ me.
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Oh, [Dm]
to _ [F] be home [Bb] _
again, _ _ _ down [F] in old [D] _ Virginia,
_ [F] _ _
[Dm] With _ _ my [C] very [Bb]
best friend, _ _ they call [F] him Red [D] Time Willie.
_ [F] We're [Dm] gonna _ [C] soothe away [Bb] the rest of our years.
_ [F] We're [Dm] gonna put [G] _ [Bb] away all of our tears.
_ [Am] That big rocking chair [G] won't go _ [F] nowhere. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
_ Slow _ [Dm] down, _ _ Willie [F] boy, _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ your heart's gonna [C] give right out on you.
[F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ It's [F] true, _ [Dm] _
_ and I believe _ [C] I know what we [G] should do. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Turn the [F] stern [G] and point the _ shore. _ _
[Eb] These seven seas [Dm] won't carry [C] _ us no _ more.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Oh, [Dm]
to _ [F] be home [Bb] again, _ _ _ _ _ [F] down in old [C] _ Virginia,
_ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] With _ [C] my very [Bb]
best friend, _ _ they [F] call him Red [G] Time Willie.
_ [F] I [Dm] can't wait [C] to [Bb] sniff _ that [F] air.
Nip [Dm] and [Gm] snuff, I [Bb] won't have no care.
[Am] That big rocking chair [G] won't go _ [F] nowhere. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Hear the [Dm] sound, _ Willie [F] boy, _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
the flying [C] _ _ Dutchman's on the [F] reef.
_ _ _ [Dm] _
It's [F] my belief _ [Dm] _ _
_ we've _ [F] used up all of our [G] time. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] This _ [F] hill's too steep to [G] _ climb, _ _ _ [Eb] and the days that [Dm] _ remain, [C] they ain't worth a _ dime.
[Dm] _ _
[D] _ _ [F] _ Oh, [Dm] to _ be [C] home _ [Bb] again, _ _ _ _ [C] down in old _ Virginia,
_ _ [F] _ With [Dm] _
_ my [C] _ very [Bb] best friend, _ _ they call [F] him Red [C] Time Willie.
[F] _ Would [Dm] have been nice [C] just [Bb] to see the folks _ [F] listen [Dm] once [C] again to [Bb] the stale jokes. _
[Am] That big rocking chair [G] won't go _ nowhere.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ I can [Dm] hear something _ calling [Bb] on _ me.
_ And you [C]
know where I want to [F] be, but, oh, [Dm] _ Willie, can you hear [Bb] that _ sound?
_ _ _ [F] Down in old _ [C] Virginia.
[F] I just [Dm] want to get my feet back [Bb] on the _ ground. _ _
Down [F] in old [G] _ Virginia. _
[F] _ And be [Dm] with my very [Bb] best friend, _ _ they [C] call him Red Time [D] Willie.
_ [F] _ Oh, _ [Dm] to be [C] home _ [Bb] again. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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