Chords for Vernon Dalhart - The Big Rock Candy Mountains (1928).
Tempo:
131.375 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
F
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
[B] [Ab] One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo a-hikin'
and he said, boys I'm not [D] turning, I'm headed for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll all go and see the big rock candy mountain.
In the big rock candy mountain [Eb] there's a land that's [D] fair and bright, where the handouts grow on bushes
and you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, where the sun shines every day.
Oh the birds and the bees [C] and the cigarette trees and the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
in the big rock candy [Cm] mountain.
[Eb] In the big rock [Ab] candy mountains all the cops have wooden [F] legs and the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs.
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay.
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountain.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
In the big rock [Eb] candy mountains you never change your spots and the little streams of alcohol
come a-tricklin' down the rocks where the brakemen have [Ab] to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind.
There's a lake of pew and of whiskey too, you [F] can paddle all around them in a big canoe
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountains.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
In the big rock [F] candy mountains the jails are made of tin and you can walk right out again as soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, balls or picks.
I'm gonna stay where you sleep all day
where the hung the Turk that invented work in the big rock candy mountains.
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
I'll see you all this [Gm] coming fall in the big rock candy mountains.
[B] [Ab] One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo a-hikin'
and he said, boys I'm not [D] turning, I'm headed for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll all go and see the big rock candy mountain.
In the big rock candy mountain [Eb] there's a land that's [D] fair and bright, where the handouts grow on bushes
and you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, where the sun shines every day.
Oh the birds and the bees [C] and the cigarette trees and the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
in the big rock candy [Cm] mountain.
[Eb] In the big rock [Ab] candy mountains all the cops have wooden [F] legs and the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs.
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay.
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountain.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [G]
In the big rock [Eb] candy mountains you never change your spots and the little streams of alcohol
come a-tricklin' down the rocks where the brakemen have [Ab] to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind.
There's a lake of pew and of whiskey too, you [F] can paddle all around them in a big canoe
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountains.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
In the big rock [F] candy mountains the jails are made of tin and you can walk right out again as soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, balls or picks.
I'm gonna stay where you sleep all day
where the hung the Turk that invented work in the big rock candy mountains.
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
I'll see you all this [Gm] coming fall in the big rock candy mountains.
Key:
Eb
Ab
F
Bb
Cm
Eb
Ab
F
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Ab] One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo a-hikin'
and he said, boys I'm not [D] turning, I'm headed for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll all go and see the big rock candy mountain.
In the big rock candy mountain [Eb] there's a land that's [D] fair and bright, where the handouts grow on bushes
and you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, where the sun shines every day.
Oh the birds and the bees [C] and the cigarette trees and the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
in the big rock candy [Cm] mountain. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ In the big rock [Ab] candy mountains all the cops have wooden [F] legs and the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs.
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay.
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountain. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _
In the big rock [Eb] candy mountains you never change your spots and the little streams of alcohol
come a-tricklin' down the rocks where the brakemen have [Ab] to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind.
There's a lake of pew and of whiskey too, you [F] can paddle all around them in a big canoe
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountains.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ In the big rock [F] candy mountains the jails are made of tin and you can walk right out again as soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, balls or picks.
I'm gonna stay where you sleep all day
where the hung the Turk that invented work in the big rock candy mountains.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ I'll see you all this [Gm] coming fall in the big rock candy mountains. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Ab] One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning, down the track came a hobo a-hikin'
and he said, boys I'm not [D] turning, I'm headed for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountain.
So come with me, we'll all go and see the big rock candy mountain.
In the big rock candy mountain [Eb] there's a land that's [D] fair and bright, where the handouts grow on bushes
and you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty, where the sun shines every day.
Oh the birds and the bees [C] and the cigarette trees and the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
in the big rock candy [Cm] mountain. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ In the big rock [Ab] candy mountains all the cops have wooden [F] legs and the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs.
The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay.
Oh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountain. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _
In the big rock [Eb] candy mountains you never change your spots and the little streams of alcohol
come a-tricklin' down the rocks where the brakemen have [Ab] to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind.
There's a lake of pew and of whiskey too, you [F] can paddle all around them in a big canoe
in the big rock candy [Eb] mountains.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ In the big rock [F] candy mountains the jails are made of tin and you can walk right out again as soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, balls or picks.
I'm gonna stay where you sleep all day
where the hung the Turk that invented work in the big rock candy mountains.
[Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ I'll see you all this [Gm] coming fall in the big rock candy mountains. _ _ _