Chords for BOXCAR WILLIE - "LUTHER"
Tempo:
91.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
F
A
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I can still remember [A] the first [E] time I saw him, silver [B]-haired old man [E] even then.
But we hit it off together [A] and fished O [E]'Kaney River.
Through the years I'm proud to [B] say Luther [E] was my friend.
Well, they all called him crazy.
[A]
Said his [E] mind was simple, they even [B] talked of putting [E] him away.
But he wouldn't hurt nobody.
[A] And I hated [E] all the town folks, the way they treated Luther [B] and the game they [E] used to play.
[B] They said, Luther, here's a dollar, [A] Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either [E] one you want, old man, which one [B] will it be?
[E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] And he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and [E] walk away.
I watched him growin' older, [A] and I finally [E] gave up countin' the times they [B] made him play that [E] awful game.
Till one day he lay a dime, [A] and I was [E] sittin' by him.
He said, boy, before I [B] go, there's somethin' [E] to explain.
I know you've always [A] wondered why [E] I just took their quarter.
And [B] now, son, [E] you're old enough to understand.
But you see, the way I had it figured [A] was never take [E] that dollar.
The day you do, boy, [B] the money game [E] will end.
They [B] said, Luther, here's a [A] dollar, Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either one [E] you want, old man, which one will [B] it be?
[Db] [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] But he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and walk [E] away.
[F] Now Luther lay sleepin' in the ground down by the river.
Lord knows I [C] miss that old black [C] man.
[F] But twenty sacks a quarter and the wisdom of his thinkin'
Have made my life much easier [C] than I had [F] ever planned.
Well, I often go to see him, [Bb] and a place of paper [F] dollars,
And a brand new shiny [C] quarter on [F] his grave.
And I feel my body shiverin' [Bb] as a cool breeze from [F] the river
Blows that paper bill up [C] through the trees and [F] far away.
[C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
He [F] lived and died and squalored, and [Bb] he still won't take the [F] dollar.
But there's a pile of [C] quarters heaped high on [F] Luther's grave.
[C] Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never [F] took the dollar.
He'd take the shiny quarter, [C] smile and [F] walk away.
[C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old [C] man, which one will it be?
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never took the dollar.
[F]
But we hit it off together [A] and fished O [E]'Kaney River.
Through the years I'm proud to [B] say Luther [E] was my friend.
Well, they all called him crazy.
[A]
Said his [E] mind was simple, they even [B] talked of putting [E] him away.
But he wouldn't hurt nobody.
[A] And I hated [E] all the town folks, the way they treated Luther [B] and the game they [E] used to play.
[B] They said, Luther, here's a dollar, [A] Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either [E] one you want, old man, which one [B] will it be?
[E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] And he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and [E] walk away.
I watched him growin' older, [A] and I finally [E] gave up countin' the times they [B] made him play that [E] awful game.
Till one day he lay a dime, [A] and I was [E] sittin' by him.
He said, boy, before I [B] go, there's somethin' [E] to explain.
I know you've always [A] wondered why [E] I just took their quarter.
And [B] now, son, [E] you're old enough to understand.
But you see, the way I had it figured [A] was never take [E] that dollar.
The day you do, boy, [B] the money game [E] will end.
They [B] said, Luther, here's a [A] dollar, Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either one [E] you want, old man, which one will [B] it be?
[Db] [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] But he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and walk [E] away.
[F] Now Luther lay sleepin' in the ground down by the river.
Lord knows I [C] miss that old black [C] man.
[F] But twenty sacks a quarter and the wisdom of his thinkin'
Have made my life much easier [C] than I had [F] ever planned.
Well, I often go to see him, [Bb] and a place of paper [F] dollars,
And a brand new shiny [C] quarter on [F] his grave.
And I feel my body shiverin' [Bb] as a cool breeze from [F] the river
Blows that paper bill up [C] through the trees and [F] far away.
[C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
He [F] lived and died and squalored, and [Bb] he still won't take the [F] dollar.
But there's a pile of [C] quarters heaped high on [F] Luther's grave.
[C] Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never [F] took the dollar.
He'd take the shiny quarter, [C] smile and [F] walk away.
[C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old [C] man, which one will it be?
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never took the dollar.
[F]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I can still remember [A] the first [E] time I saw him, silver [B]-haired old man [E] even then. _
But we hit it off together [A] and fished O [E]'Kaney River.
Through the years I'm proud to [B] say Luther [E] was my friend.
_ Well, they all called him crazy.
[A]
Said his [E] mind was simple, they even [B] talked of putting [E] him away.
But he wouldn't hurt nobody.
[A] And I hated [E] all the town folks, the way they treated Luther [B] and the game they [E] used to play.
_ [B] They said, Luther, here's a dollar, [A] Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either [E] one you want, old man, which one [B] will it be?
_ [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] And he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and [E] walk away. _
I watched him growin' older, [A] and I finally [E] gave up countin' the times they [B] made him play that [E] awful game.
Till one day he lay a dime, [A] and I was [E] sittin' by him.
He said, boy, before I [B] go, there's somethin' [E] to explain.
_ _ I know you've always [A] wondered why [E] I just took their quarter.
And [B] now, son, [E] you're old enough to understand.
But you see, the way I had it figured [A] was never take [E] that dollar.
The day you do, boy, [B] the money game [E] will end.
_ They [B] said, Luther, here's a [A] dollar, Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either one [E] you want, old man, which one will [B] it be?
[Db] _ [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] But he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and walk [E] away. _ _
_ [F] _ _ Now Luther lay sleepin' in the ground down by the river.
Lord knows I [C] miss that old black [C] man.
_ [F] But twenty sacks a quarter and the wisdom of his thinkin'
Have made my life much easier [C] than I had [F] ever planned.
Well, I often go to see him, [Bb] and a place of paper [F] dollars,
And a brand new shiny [C] quarter on [F] his grave.
_ _ And I feel my body shiverin' [Bb] as a cool breeze from [F] the river
Blows that paper bill up [C] through the trees and [F] far away.
_ _ [C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be? _
_ _ He [F] lived and died and squalored, and [Bb] he still won't take the [F] dollar. _
But there's a pile of [C] quarters heaped high on [F] Luther's grave.
_ _ [C] Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
_ [F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never [F] took the dollar.
He'd take the shiny quarter, [C] smile and [F] walk away.
_ _ [C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old _ _ [C] man, which one will it be? _
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never took the dollar.
[F] _
I can still remember [A] the first [E] time I saw him, silver [B]-haired old man [E] even then. _
But we hit it off together [A] and fished O [E]'Kaney River.
Through the years I'm proud to [B] say Luther [E] was my friend.
_ Well, they all called him crazy.
[A]
Said his [E] mind was simple, they even [B] talked of putting [E] him away.
But he wouldn't hurt nobody.
[A] And I hated [E] all the town folks, the way they treated Luther [B] and the game they [E] used to play.
_ [B] They said, Luther, here's a dollar, [A] Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either [E] one you want, old man, which one [B] will it be?
_ [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] And he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and [E] walk away. _
I watched him growin' older, [A] and I finally [E] gave up countin' the times they [B] made him play that [E] awful game.
Till one day he lay a dime, [A] and I was [E] sittin' by him.
He said, boy, before I [B] go, there's somethin' [E] to explain.
_ _ I know you've always [A] wondered why [E] I just took their quarter.
And [B] now, son, [E] you're old enough to understand.
But you see, the way I had it figured [A] was never take [E] that dollar.
The day you do, boy, [B] the money game [E] will end.
_ They [B] said, Luther, here's a [A] dollar, Luther, [E] here's a quarter.
[A] Take either one [E] you want, old man, which one will [B] it be?
[Db] _ [E] Then they all hooped and hollered.
[A] But he never [E] took the dollar, he'd take the shiny quarter, [B] smile and walk [E] away. _ _
_ [F] _ _ Now Luther lay sleepin' in the ground down by the river.
Lord knows I [C] miss that old black [C] man.
_ [F] But twenty sacks a quarter and the wisdom of his thinkin'
Have made my life much easier [C] than I had [F] ever planned.
Well, I often go to see him, [Bb] and a place of paper [F] dollars,
And a brand new shiny [C] quarter on [F] his grave.
_ _ And I feel my body shiverin' [Bb] as a cool breeze from [F] the river
Blows that paper bill up [C] through the trees and [F] far away.
_ _ [C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be? _
_ _ He [F] lived and died and squalored, and [Bb] he still won't take the [F] dollar. _
But there's a pile of [C] quarters heaped high on [F] Luther's grave.
_ _ [C] Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old man, which one will [C] it be?
_ [F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never [F] took the dollar.
He'd take the shiny quarter, [C] smile and [F] walk away.
_ _ [C]
Luther, here's a dollar, [Bb] Luther, [F] here's a quarter.
[Bb] Take either one [F] you want, old _ _ [C] man, which one will it be? _
[F] Then they all looked and hollered, [Bb] and he never took the dollar.
[F] _