Chords for Rock, Salt, and Nails - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
Tempo:
49.05 bpm
Chords used:
C#
A#m
F#
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[C#] On the banks of the river, where [G#] the willows [C#] hang down,
And [A#m] the wild birds all wobble, where [C#] the lonely sigh,
[A#m] Down in the hollow, where [C#] the water runs cold.
It was [F#] there I first listened, to the [C#] lies that you told.
Now I lie on my bed, and I see your sweet face.
The past I [A#m] remember, time [C#] cannot erase.
The [A#m] letters you wrote me, it was [C#] written in shame.
And I [F#] know that your conscience, still [C#] echoes my name.
[F#]
[C#] Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep.
And [A#m] nothing is worse, than a [C#] night without sleep.
I'll [A#m] walk out alone, and look [C#] at the sky.
Too [F#] empty to say, too [C#] lonesome to cry.
If the ladies were blackbirds, and the ladies were thrushes,
I'd lie [A#m] there for hours, in the chilly [C#] cold marshes.
If the ladies [A#m] were squirrels, wet in my [C#] bushy tail,
I'd fill [F#] up my shotgun, with rocks
[C#] On the banks of the river, where [G#] the willows [C#] hang down,
And [A#m] the wild birds all wobble, where [C#] the lonely sigh,
[A#m] Down in the hollow, where [C#] the water runs cold.
It was [F#] there I first listened, to the [C#] lies that you told.
Now I lie on my bed, and I see your sweet face.
The past I [A#m] remember, time [C#] cannot erase.
The [A#m] letters you wrote me, it was [C#] written in shame.
And I [F#] know that your conscience, still [C#] echoes my name.
[F#]
[C#] Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep.
And [A#m] nothing is worse, than a [C#] night without sleep.
I'll [A#m] walk out alone, and look [C#] at the sky.
Too [F#] empty to say, too [C#] lonesome to cry.
If the ladies were blackbirds, and the ladies were thrushes,
I'd lie [A#m] there for hours, in the chilly [C#] cold marshes.
If the ladies [A#m] were squirrels, wet in my [C#] bushy tail,
I'd fill [F#] up my shotgun, with rocks
Key:
C#
A#m
F#
G#
C#
A#m
F#
G#
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ On the banks of the river, where [G#] the willows [C#] hang down,
And [A#m] the wild birds all wobble, where [C#] the lonely sigh,
_ [A#m] Down in the hollow, where [C#] the water runs cold.
It was [F#] there I first listened, to the [C#] lies that you told.
Now I lie on my bed, and I see your sweet face.
The past I [A#m] remember, time [C#] cannot erase.
The [A#m] letters you wrote me, it was [C#] written in shame.
And I [F#] know that your conscience, still [C#] echoes my name.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep.
And [A#m] nothing is worse, than a [C#] night without sleep.
I'll [A#m] walk out alone, and look [C#] at the sky.
Too [F#] empty to say, _ too [C#] lonesome to cry.
_ If the ladies were blackbirds, and the ladies were thrushes,
I'd lie [A#m] there for hours, in the chilly [C#] cold marshes.
If the ladies [A#m] were squirrels, wet in my [C#] bushy tail,
_ I'd fill [F#] up my shotgun, with rocks
[C#] _ _ On the banks of the river, where [G#] the willows [C#] hang down,
And [A#m] the wild birds all wobble, where [C#] the lonely sigh,
_ [A#m] Down in the hollow, where [C#] the water runs cold.
It was [F#] there I first listened, to the [C#] lies that you told.
Now I lie on my bed, and I see your sweet face.
The past I [A#m] remember, time [C#] cannot erase.
The [A#m] letters you wrote me, it was [C#] written in shame.
And I [F#] know that your conscience, still [C#] echoes my name.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep.
And [A#m] nothing is worse, than a [C#] night without sleep.
I'll [A#m] walk out alone, and look [C#] at the sky.
Too [F#] empty to say, _ too [C#] lonesome to cry.
_ If the ladies were blackbirds, and the ladies were thrushes,
I'd lie [A#m] there for hours, in the chilly [C#] cold marshes.
If the ladies [A#m] were squirrels, wet in my [C#] bushy tail,
_ I'd fill [F#] up my shotgun, with rocks