Chords for David "Stringbean" Akeman - "Run Little Rabbit Run" -- a tribute to "Stringbean"

_ Hey there boys, your name Lucky?
No pardon, Marla, this is String Beans from old Kentucky.
Prove it to me, boy, prove it to me.
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[Bb] _ [Db] I left old Kentucky, come over to Tennessee, where I met the first little gal you ever did see.
Oh my gal, pretty little lady, little plump, not too heavy, long line, cannot shine, [Bb] that pretty little gal of mine. _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I wished I was in Kentucky, how happy I would be, sit and talk with all the folks around old McKee.
Oh my gal, pretty little lady, little plump, not too [Em] heavy.
Let's go rabbit hunting.
Good.
[A] Hang on, children.
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_ Well rabbits in the feed past picking up [A] peas, get away rabbit, get away pig.
Run little rabbit, run, run, run, little rabbit, run.
Run little rabbit, run, run, young, call the man the big shot, run, run, little rabbit. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well _ _ _ _ _ rabbit jumped up, he looked about a while, dog took aim and run for a mile.
Run little rabbit, run, run, run, little rabbit, run.
Run little rabbit, run, run, young, call the man the big shot, run, run, little rabbit. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ Well too bad the rabbits were looking about a mile, and he just found out another one.
_ Run rabbit, run, run, rabbit, run.
Run little rabbit, run, run, run, young, call the man the big shot, run, run, little rabbit. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well too bad the rabbits were looking about a mile, and he just found out another one.
Run rabbit, run, run, rabbit.
Run little rabbit, run, run, young, call the man the big shot, run, run little rabbit, run. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I come out of old Kentucky [E] early in the spring.
[A] I'd headin' for the Grand Ole Opry ball to make myself a name.
_ Oh, I've never been a sure on [E] earth Grand Ole Opry fan.
[A] I'm going to join up with them folks to make myself a name. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I'll buy myself a cowboy suit and boots [E] and a hat for the same.
[A] Yeah, I'm going to the Grand Ole Opry ball to make myself a name.
Oh, I've never been a sure on earth [E] Grand Ole Opry fan.
[A] I'm going to join up with them folks to make myself a name.
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[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ When I get rich and famous I'll still be [E] old string.
[A] I won't say, [E] how are you, buddy?
[A] I'll call you by your name.
Oh, I've never been a sure on [E] earth Grand Ole Opry fan.
[A] I'm going to the Grand Ole Opry ball to make myself _ [G] a name. _ _ _
There's a hee-haw member that's not with us [Gm] tonight.
His life ended tragically in November of 1973.
_ [C] His name was just plain old String [D] Bean.
He was a legend in country music as [Gm] well as the Grand Ole Opry where he performed every week.
He was more than a friend to me.
He was like a brother.
[A]
Oh, this life is a game.
Oh, this life is a game.
Oh, this life is a game. _ _ _ _
[N] String _ [G] _ was my fishing partner and hunting partner.
He taught me how to find ginseng.
That's something that grows out in the woods wild, [Am] a herb-like.
[Gm] We bought a farm together, the same one he lived his last days on.
He told me he wouldn't buy a farm with anybody but me.
[G] And we floated so many times on the Harpeth and Stone [Ab] River.
[Ab] [Db] Great day in the morning.
It's a great day [Bb] for fishing today, isn't it, String?
It is, [Eb] it is.
It's a day for fish.
How are you fishing today, String?
I'm [Ab] fishing off the bottom, Grandpa.
That's where the big ones [B] are.
They are, huh?
[Db] Yeah, they like people.
[Bb] Instead of working their way up to the top, they [Eb] start at the bottom and [B] like it there.
And that's a fact.
[G] When we'd catch fish and cook them on the bank, I remember he would tell me to make him some Agri-Fortis [Gm] coffee.
And that meant [G] strong coffee.
String [A] was a funny man.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Friday dawn, _ _ how [D] sweet, [A] heart she is gone. _
_ _ _ I'm a-stern, _ _ to me she was, _ _ [D] _ _
[A] not a bug.
On the day that _ I told, _ _ Friday dawn, _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a-stern.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
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Well, rabbit in a peep hat, picking up peas.
Get away, rabbit, get away, please.
Run, little rabbit, run, run, run, little rabbit, run.
Run, little rabbit, run, run, yowl, call the man a big shotgun, run, little rabbit, run. _ _ _ _ _ _ _