Chords for Charlie Parr, "South of Austin, North of Lyle"
Tempo:
73.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Eb
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] [F] [C] [Eb]
[C] [Cm] [C] [Eb] [C]
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, and Eddie Akers was all they owned.
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, [G] and Eddie Akers was all [C] they owned.
Oh, Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, they fit for a man about twice his size.
Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, [G] fit for a man about [C] twice his size.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
[G] [C] Well, he ain't got no [G] wife and he ain't got no [C] kids, raising corn was all he did.
He ain't got no wife and he ain't got no kids, raising corn was all he did.
Well, now he just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey every night.
He just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey more than every night.
Oh, but here come the County, cos they want his land, it done gone foul him, and that won't stand.
Here come the County, cos they want his land, and it'll [G] go on foul him and that won't [C] stand.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge is going to put him away.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge [G] is going to put him away.
[C]
Yeah, well, social work will come, but Rudy ain't home, County Judge is leaving him out here all alone.
But Rudy ain't home
Now [G] we can't just leave him
[C] out here all alone
She found old Rudy
out in the shed
Hanging on ropes
tied around his neck
They found old Rudy
out in the shed
[G] Hanging on a rope
tied [C] around his neck
There
[G] [C]
[G] was [C] a note in his pocket
that's what he had said
I can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
Note in his pocket
that's what he had said
Can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
[G] [C]
[Bb] Minnesota Original
is made possible by
The [Fm] Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
[Bb] and the [F] citizens of Minnesota
[Gb]
[C] [Cm] [C] [Eb] [C]
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, and Eddie Akers was all they owned.
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, [G] and Eddie Akers was all [C] they owned.
Oh, Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, they fit for a man about twice his size.
Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, [G] fit for a man about [C] twice his size.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
[G] [C] Well, he ain't got no [G] wife and he ain't got no [C] kids, raising corn was all he did.
He ain't got no wife and he ain't got no kids, raising corn was all he did.
Well, now he just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey every night.
He just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey more than every night.
Oh, but here come the County, cos they want his land, it done gone foul him, and that won't stand.
Here come the County, cos they want his land, and it'll [G] go on foul him and that won't [C] stand.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge is going to put him away.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge [G] is going to put him away.
[C]
Yeah, well, social work will come, but Rudy ain't home, County Judge is leaving him out here all alone.
But Rudy ain't home
Now [G] we can't just leave him
[C] out here all alone
She found old Rudy
out in the shed
Hanging on ropes
tied around his neck
They found old Rudy
out in the shed
[G] Hanging on a rope
tied [C] around his neck
There
[G] [C]
[G] was [C] a note in his pocket
that's what he had said
I can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
Note in his pocket
that's what he had said
Can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
[G] [C]
[Bb] Minnesota Original
is made possible by
The [Fm] Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
[Bb] and the [F] citizens of Minnesota
[Gb]
Key:
C
G
F
Eb
Bb
C
G
F
[Ab] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _
[C] _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There was an old man called Rudy Mone, and Eddie Akers was all they owned.
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, [G] and Eddie Akers was all [C] they owned.
Oh, Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, they fit for a man about twice his size.
Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, [G] fit for a man about [C] twice his size.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ Well, he ain't got no [G] wife and he ain't got no [C] kids, raising corn was all he did.
He ain't got no wife and he ain't got no kids, raising corn was all he did.
Well, now he just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey every night.
He just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey more than every night.
Oh, but here come the County, cos they want his land, it done gone foul him, and that won't stand.
Here come the County, cos they want his land, and it'll [G] go on foul him and that won't [C] stand.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge is going to put him away.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge [G] is going to put him away.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, well, social work will come, but Rudy ain't home, County Judge is leaving him out here all alone.
But Rudy ain't home
Now [G] we can't just leave him
[C] out here all alone
She found old Rudy
out in the shed
Hanging on ropes
tied around his neck
They found old Rudy
out in the shed
[G] Hanging on a rope
tied [C] around his neck
There _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] was [C] a note in his pocket
that's what he had said
I can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
Note in his pocket
that's what he had said
Can't have my home
I'd rather be dead _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Minnesota Original
is made possible by
The [Fm] Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
[Bb] and the [F] citizens of Minnesota
[Gb] _
[C] _ [Cm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There was an old man called Rudy Mone, and Eddie Akers was all they owned.
There was an old man called Rudy Mone, [G] and Eddie Akers was all [C] they owned.
Oh, Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, they fit for a man about twice his size.
Rudy's clothes didn't fit him right, [G] fit for a man about [C] twice his size.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done.
Well, they could have worn him when he was young back then, farming was all they done. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ Well, he ain't got no [G] wife and he ain't got no [C] kids, raising corn was all he did.
He ain't got no wife and he ain't got no kids, raising corn was all he did.
Well, now he just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey every night.
He just sits and smokes his pipe, had a little whiskey more than every night.
Oh, but here come the County, cos they want his land, it done gone foul him, and that won't stand.
Here come the County, cos they want his land, and it'll [G] go on foul him and that won't [C] stand.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge is going to put him away.
Oh, Rudy won't go, but he just can't stay, County Judge [G] is going to put him away.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, well, social work will come, but Rudy ain't home, County Judge is leaving him out here all alone.
But Rudy ain't home
Now [G] we can't just leave him
[C] out here all alone
She found old Rudy
out in the shed
Hanging on ropes
tied around his neck
They found old Rudy
out in the shed
[G] Hanging on a rope
tied [C] around his neck
There _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[G] was [C] a note in his pocket
that's what he had said
I can't have my home
I'd rather be dead
Note in his pocket
that's what he had said
Can't have my home
I'd rather be dead _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Minnesota Original
is made possible by
The [Fm] Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
[Bb] and the [F] citizens of Minnesota
[Gb] _