Chords for Baby Gramps - Big Rock Candy Mountain

_ _ All right, we got a little sing-along, a little community sing, if you will.
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] Tune that up a little bit.
[C] _ [Fm] That's enough.
Okay.
Little song goes like this, almost. _ _
On a summer's day in the month of May, a [F] burly bum come a-hikin' _ _ _ _
_ _ _ By a shady lane through the sugar cane, he was lookin' for his liking
And _ as he strolled [Bb] along, he [F] sang a song of the land of [C] milk and honey _ _ _
_ _ A [F] bum can stay for many a day and he [G] won't [F] need [Cm] any [F] money _
_ _ What?
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ Well, _ _ that's your part right there.
Well, _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] on the big rock candy mountain
[Bb] There's a land that's [F] fair and bright, [Bb] where the ham dots grow [F] on the shears
And they sleep [C] out every night, [F] where the boxcars all [Dm] are empty, [Bb] sun shines [F] every day
Time a-goin' away, [Bb] but there [F] ain't no [Bb] snow, the sleep don't fall and the wind [F] don't [C] blow
On the big rock [F] candy mountain, help me, [C] on the big rock [F] candy mountain
One more.
[C] On the big [F] rock candy mountain Hey!
_ On [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ [Am] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F]
the big rock candy mountain, [Bb] all the jails that [F] melt in
[Bb] You can [F] bust right out again, as soon as they a-toss you, as soon as they a-toss you, as soon as they a-toss [C] you
And, _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [C] [F] well, there ain't no short [Dm]-handled [Bb] shovels, axes, [F] saws, or blades
Where [Bb]
they hung the jerk who [F] invented work
_ [C] Think of that line, think of that line.
Try that with me
[Bb] Where they hung [F] the jerk [Bb] who invented work
A little more gusto if you've ever worked before, let's see this little community sing
Now, where they hung the jerk who [F] invented work
[Bb] Where they hung [F] the jerk [Bb] who [F] invented [Bb] work
Where they [Dm] boiled in oil the inventor of toil
[Gm] _ Try that one, oh boy, let's try that one
[Dm] [Bb] Where they [F] boiled in [Bb] oil the [F] inventor of toil
[Bb]
[F] Boiled in [Bb] oil the [F] inventor of [C] toil
On the big rock
[F] _ [C] On what?
_ _ [F] On [C] the big rock [F] candy mountain Hey!
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _
Hey!
Is _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ that your car or mine out there? _
Won't start up, [C] okay Well
_ _ On _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] the big rock candy mountain, [Bb] you never have to change [F] your socks
[N] _ Change _ _ them from one [D] foot to the other
[F] On the big rock candy mountain, [Bb] you never have [F] to change your socks
[Bb] Little [F] streams of alcohol [Bb] come a [C]-trickling through the rocks
_ _ [F] Oh, the humming of the bees and the cigarette trees
And the cigarette trees, right here
Got my non-smoking jacket here on tonight
Oh, the humming of the bees and the cigarette [Bb] trees
So the _ [F] waterfalls are blue
[Bb] Where the bluebird sings [F] and the robin [C] blehblehblehblehblehblehbleh
On the big rock [F] candy mountain Help me
[C] On the big rock [F] candy mountain
[C] On the big rock [F] candy mountain One [C] more
On the big rock [Dm] candy mountain _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] Thank you _ _ _ _
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