The Death Of Jimmy Martin Chords by Tom Russell
Tempo:
122.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G]
[D]
There's a hound dog running all alone through the [Bm] piney woods
[G] Lord, he's howling, tears the soul out of me
[D] [A] There's a jaybird calling out a funeral [Bm] dirge
[G] In ancient [D] harmony
[Bm] Bobbery Allen rolled over [G] in a grave all [D] morning
With roses growing [A] out of her head
[D] Hey, God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
You got 20-20 vision but you're walking round blind
You grand [A] old [D] Opry fool
With your [G] hypocritic judgments [D] and your self-righteous snobbery
Your God [A] damn false [D]-hearted rule
[Bm] You scorned Hank Williams, [G] you shunned Jimmy [D] Martin
Boys who sang [G] with tongues [A] on fire
[D] So God's gonna burn down your grand old Opry
[G] Hear the screams of the [D] hypocrites and liars
They feel safer [A] now that Jimmy [D] has expired
[A] Yeah, run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
[Bm] Don't look back, [G] Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] Come [Bm] on, Red
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
[A] [D] Yeah, don't call me no country singer
Those are [A] poison words [D] to me
Cause I [A] ain't heard a [D] good country song Since 1973
[Bm] All the king of bluegrass [G] has died for your sins
The [D] whore of Babylon [G] is sleeping in [A] your bed
[D] So God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
Yeah, the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
[A] Run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
[Bm] Don't look back, [G] Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
There's a hound [A] dog running [D] all alone through the piney wood
The howling tears the soul out of me
[G]
[D]
There's a hound dog running all alone through the [Bm] piney woods
[G] Lord, he's howling, tears the soul out of me
[D] [A] There's a jaybird calling out a funeral [Bm] dirge
[G] In ancient [D] harmony
[Bm] Bobbery Allen rolled over [G] in a grave all [D] morning
With roses growing [A] out of her head
[D] Hey, God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
You got 20-20 vision but you're walking round blind
You grand [A] old [D] Opry fool
With your [G] hypocritic judgments [D] and your self-righteous snobbery
Your God [A] damn false [D]-hearted rule
[Bm] You scorned Hank Williams, [G] you shunned Jimmy [D] Martin
Boys who sang [G] with tongues [A] on fire
[D] So God's gonna burn down your grand old Opry
[G] Hear the screams of the [D] hypocrites and liars
They feel safer [A] now that Jimmy [D] has expired
[A] Yeah, run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
[Bm] Don't look back, [G] Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [D] Come [Bm] on, Red
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
[A] [D] Yeah, don't call me no country singer
Those are [A] poison words [D] to me
Cause I [A] ain't heard a [D] good country song Since 1973
[Bm] All the king of bluegrass [G] has died for your sins
The [D] whore of Babylon [G] is sleeping in [A] your bed
[D] So God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
Yeah, the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
[A] Run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
[Bm] Don't look back, [G] Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
All the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
There's a hound [A] dog running [D] all alone through the piney wood
The howling tears the soul out of me
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
D
G
A
Bm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a hound dog running all alone through the [Bm] piney woods
_ [G] Lord, he's howling, tears the soul out of me
[D] _ _ _ [A] There's a jaybird calling out a funeral [Bm] _ dirge
[G] In ancient _ [D] harmony
_ [Bm] Bobbery Allen rolled over [G] in a grave all [D] morning
With roses growing [A] out of her head
[D] Hey, God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
_ You got 20-20 vision but you're walking round blind
You grand [A] old [D] Opry fool
With your [G] hypocritic judgments [D] and your self-righteous snobbery
Your God [A] damn false [D]-hearted rule
_ [Bm] You scorned Hank Williams, [G] you shunned Jimmy [D] Martin
Boys who sang [G] with tongues [A] on fire
[D] So God's gonna burn down your grand old Opry
[G] Hear the screams of the [D] hypocrites and liars
_ They feel safer [A] now that Jimmy [D] has expired
_ [A] Yeah, run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
_ _ [Bm] Don't look back, [G] _ Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ Come [Bm] on, Red _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Yeah, don't call me no country singer
Those are [A] poison words [D] to me
_ Cause I [A] ain't heard a [D] good country song Since _ _ 1973
_ _ [Bm] All the king of bluegrass [G] has died for your sins
The [D] whore of Babylon [G] is sleeping in [A] your bed
[D] So God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ Yeah, the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
_ _ [A] Run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
_ _ [Bm] Don't look back, [G] _ Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
_ There's a hound [A] dog running [D] all alone through the piney wood
The howling tears the soul out of me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a hound dog running all alone through the [Bm] piney woods
_ [G] Lord, he's howling, tears the soul out of me
[D] _ _ _ [A] There's a jaybird calling out a funeral [Bm] _ dirge
[G] In ancient _ [D] harmony
_ [Bm] Bobbery Allen rolled over [G] in a grave all [D] morning
With roses growing [A] out of her head
[D] Hey, God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead
_ You got 20-20 vision but you're walking round blind
You grand [A] old [D] Opry fool
With your [G] hypocritic judgments [D] and your self-righteous snobbery
Your God [A] damn false [D]-hearted rule
_ [Bm] You scorned Hank Williams, [G] you shunned Jimmy [D] Martin
Boys who sang [G] with tongues [A] on fire
[D] So God's gonna burn down your grand old Opry
[G] Hear the screams of the [D] hypocrites and liars
_ They feel safer [A] now that Jimmy [D] has expired
_ [A] Yeah, run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
_ _ [Bm] Don't look back, [G] _ Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martins [D] gone dead _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ Come [Bm] on, Red _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Yeah, don't call me no country singer
Those are [A] poison words [D] to me
_ Cause I [A] ain't heard a [D] good country song Since _ _ 1973
_ _ [Bm] All the king of bluegrass [G] has died for your sins
The [D] whore of Babylon [G] is sleeping in [A] your bed
[D] So God's gonna burn down Nashville, boys
[G] Cause Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ Yeah, the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
_ _ [A] Run, deed, run, [G] your master's calling [D] you
He's waiting [G] on up [A] ahead
_ _ [Bm] Don't look back, [G] _ Nashville's [D] burning down
[G] Jimmy [D] Martin's dead
_ All the great [A] Jimmy Martin's [D] gone dead
_ There's a hound [A] dog running [D] all alone through the piney wood
The howling tears the soul out of me _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _