Chords for We Going Round The Mountain How Long That Evening Train Been Gone? Sam Chatmon & Eugene Powell

[E] We goin' round-the-mountain when she come!
_ We goin' round-the-mountain [B] when she come!
_ [E] We goin' round-the-mountain.
We [A] goin' round-the [E]-mountain!
We goin' round-the-mountain when she come!
_ Oh!
That's my wife's mother, yes she come!
_ Oh!
That's my wife's mother, yes [B] she come!
[E] She always rides her devil [A] but knock-a-down with her shovel!
[E] We goin' round-the-mountain when she come!
You are being glad dead, you're blessed with youth. _ _
Be glad when you die, you dirty [B] dog.
_ _ [E] Be glad when you die, [A] won't laugh until I [E] cry.
Be glad when you die, you dirty dog. _
Gonna walk down to your grave, you low-down dog.
_ Gonna walk down to your grave, you dirty [B] dog.
_ [E] Gonna walk down to your grave, [A] shove that all in your [E] face.
Be glad [B] when you die, [E] you dirty dog.
Gonna look like a monkey when you get old.
_ Gonna look just like a monkey when you grow [B] old.
_ [E] I'd tell by your knees, you've been climbing [A] coconut trees.
[E] Gonna look just like [B] a monkey when you [E] get old.
Oh yes you'll, yeah.
_ You gonna say I'm a white monkey too. _ _
I'll tell you like a monkey when you get old. _
_ Gonna look just like a monkey [B] when you grow old.
[E] I'll tell by your hair.
[A] Your daddy was a [E] bell.
Gonna look just like a monkey when you get old.
_ Gonna look just like a monkey when you grow old.
_ _ Gonna look just like a monkey when [B] you get old.
I'll [E] tell by your shape, [A] your mommy was an ape.
[E] Gonna look just [B] like a monkey when [E] you get old. _
[Gm] But the [G#m] blues is the roots of all American music.
My parents taught me about the blues when I was a kid.
_ And they told me that if I let the heritage of the [E] blues die, I would die along with it.
_ _ [G#]
Old people, how long?
[E] Yeah, that's what I [A] mean.
[B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ How long, _ _ _ how long?
_ Oh, [A] _ that evening _ train's been gone.
_ [A#m] Tell [E] me how long?
_ _ [A#] Oh, [B] how [D#] long?
_ Baby, [E] how long?
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] [E] I stood at this station, _ _ watching my woman leave town.
_ Oh, [A] I felt so disgusted, didn't know what she was [G] about.
_ _ [E] But how _ long?
_ Yeah, [B] how long?
_ Baby, [E] how long? _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] [F#m] I [E] wished I could _ holler, lousy morning jack.
_ _ [A] I'd go up on the [C#] railroad, [C#m] _ call my woman [A]
back.
[E] _ But how long?
_ _ _ [B] Yeah, how long?
Baby, [E] how long?
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [A] [E] Someday you're gonna be sorry [G] you [E] done me wrong.
_ It'll be [A] too late, woman, _ [C#] I will [C#m] be [C#] gone.
_ But [E] so long, _ [B] yeah, so long.
Baby, [E] so long.
Oh, I'll pick that time again. _ _ _
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_ [E] How long, how long? _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
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[B] _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ I wished I could _ holler, lousy morning jack.
_ _ [A] I'd go up on the mountain, _ call my woman back.
[E] _ But how long?
_ _ [G#m] Oh, how [D#] long?
Baby, [E] how long?
_ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ How long, _ _ _ how long?
_ Yes, [A] I got to keep my watch in place. _
_ _ [Em] Baby, how long?
_ [E] _ _ Oh, [B] I'm gonna need it.
[E] How long? _
[C#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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