Chords for Ricky Skaggs - If That's the Way You Feel

[N] _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] Once again, here to perform, our guest [D] host, Ricky _ [Gb] Skaggs.
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Here's an old [C] Stanley Brothers song, and I want to do it for you tonight.
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_ _ _ _ _ I don't blame _ _ you [Bb] for I know you [F] _ want him _
_ _ That [C] your _ love for me was never [F] _ _ real
_ I _ could _ _ _ hold [Bb] you but you'd be _ [F] _ unhappy
_ _ _ But it's _ [C]
alright _ _ if that's the way you [F] _ be
I _ _ know that [Bb] _ _ _ _
we'll always [C] go on [F]
caring
_ _ _ _ _ And my [C] _ _ _ feelings now I must _ [F] concede
I _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ still [F] _ _
_ need [Bb] you and I want [F] you in me _ _
But it's [C] alright _ _ _ if that's the way [F] you _ be
Twin Fiddles, boys! _ _ _
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I [D] _ [G] always knew _ _ [C] someday _ I would [G] _
lose you
_ _ When [D] those _ lies _ about [Am] me were _ [G] revealed _ _ _
[C] _ It's [G] plain to _ see, _ _ [C] sweetheart, _ you _
[G] believe _ them
_ But it's _ [D] alright _ _ if that's the way you [G] be
I _ _ _ know that [C] _
_ _ we'll _ always [D] go [G] on caring _ _ _ _
And my [D] _ _ feelings now I must _ [G] concede
_ _ [C] I _ _ [D] _
still [G] _ _ need [C] you and I want [G] you in me
_ _ But it's _ [D] alright _ if _ that's the way [G] you be
_ _ _ But _ it's [Am] _ alright _ if [D] that's the way [C] you be _
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[C] Mercury, right.
And that was cut when? _
I'd say about 1956.
_ [D] 56?
[G] _
Yeah.
Boy, that [Bb] is so good.
[F] Ralph, tell me a little bit about your upbringing.
[B] I know you were born over in [Dm] Dickinson County, [Bb] Virginia.
_ _ [A] And what was _ [Ab] Dickinson County, [B] Virginia like _
_ [Bb] when you were [D] five or six years old?
Was you [Db] listening to the [Dm] radio?
Did your [G] mom and dad have a radio at that time?
[A] Well, yeah, we had an old battery radio.
[Eb] I mean, we got our first [Db] battery radio about _ [Bb] _ _
1936, I believe.
_ _ And we could get the grand old op-ed.
_ [Dm] And there was some early morning shows on from here and there.
[Bb] We used to hear a lot of people like [Db] _ Maynard Mountaineer, Monroe Brothers, Carter [D] Family.
People [G] like that.
Oh, boy.
[Db] Well, that's a great way to grow up, listen to that kind of music.
I think so.
_ How did the Clinch Mountain Boys get its name?
Say, I know the answer [Bb] to all these questions because I've studied you for so long,
but there's a lot of folks out there that might not [D] know.
How did the Clinch Mountain [Bm] Boys get the name?
_ Well, we live right in the southwestern part of Virginia.
And [Dbm] that's in the corner of Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
And the [B] Clinch Mountains [D] run from _ North Carolina up through Virginia and Tennessee.
_ _ [A] So [C] we live real [Db] close to the Clinch [Bb] Mountains, and we decided we'd name it that.
[Db] Makes sense to me.
[C] _ _ [Ab] _
_ Tell me, [D] I know Carter played [Db] the guitar, and Carter passed away.
A lot of folks may not know.
Carter passed away in 1966. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] But back when y'all were growing up, I know Carter got a guitar. _
He ordered one from the mail, is [F] that right?
And the postman brought it or something like that?
That's right, [Dm] yeah.
There was a mail carrier _ [Gb] brought the mail through by [D] our house on a horse.
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And he was a [D] good harmonica player.
_ [Gb] And you could [Db] hear him.
We'd listen for him every [Gb] day.
You could hear [D] him coming.
There's a big [C] curve out from the house.
[Db] _ And you could [Dm] hear him coming on that [D] horse.
That bridle rein would be on the horse's neck [Db] and him playing that [E] harmonica.
The horse was getting rhythm.
_ [D] That's right.
And we'd sit down at the mailbox just to [Gm] get to talk to him.
Oh, that's [C] great.
Wait on him.
[D] _ I [Bbm] know one time [Gm] you and Carter entered the same [Bb] _ talent contest,
[B] not as _ the Stanley Brothers, but [A] as _ _ y'all were [Db] trying to compete against each other.
Is that right?
You gonna make me tell [D] that?
Yeah, well.
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Well, we _ used to have [D] a jamboree in Grundy, Virginia,
Morgan Theater [Ab] over there, every Friday night. _
[C] And we would try to think of something each week, you [D] know,
to help draw a crowd, something special. _ _
So I played the banjo.
[Db] Carter played the guitar.
So we [C] decided one night to have a banjo contest between Carter and me.
[G] _ And Carter won.
Carter [E] won?
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[Ab] Well.
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_ _ _ [D] Was [G] Carter [Eb] shaking his leg or something [Gb] like that?
[Eb] I know [E] Carter didn't play [Ab] banjo.
I was [D] just a little bit more backward.
And, you know, he just got up and _ a little better showmanship. _
[G] _ _ Well, he was a great one, I'll tell [D] you that.
We'll be back, and I promise.
Stay with us, okay?
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