Words & Music by Hoagy Carmichael Recorded by The Mills Brothers, 1932 D D9 D9sus4 D9 D7/9 G G6 Gm7 Edim Ol' rock - in' chair's got me, my cane by my side; D F#m B7 E7 A7 Edim Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide. Bm F#7 Bm7 F#7 Bm7 C#7 F#7 Can't get from this cabin, go no where Just sit me here grabbin' At the flies 'round my rockin' chair. D7 Fdim D9 D7 D7 Fdim D9 D7 My dear old Aunt Harriet -- in Hea - ven she be -- C#7 F#m B7 E7 Bm7-5 A7 E7 A7 Send me sweet chariot, for the end of that trouble I see. Ol' rock - in' chair gets it; judgment day is here, D F#m Bm7 G Gdim Edim D Chained to my old rock - in' chair. The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
Performed by Jerry Garcia with David Grisman. Some setlists have it as "Old Rockin' Chair Blues." Not to be confused with Red Rocking Chair also performed by Garcia/Grisman. alternate take also available as a download. Video and audio performances by our users (0) Rockin Chair tabs @ 911Tabs People who played Eric Clapton - Rockin Chair Chords also played these songs by Wonderful Tonight Chords, Tears In Heaven Chords, Layla Acoustic Tab, Tears In Heaven Acoustic Tab, Old Love Tab, Somewhere Over The Rainbow Chords, Layla Chords, Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out Chords, Change The World Tab Show us your talent, perform Rockin Chair Chords! Where can we find your performance? Tell me more ... Please, log in to post your performance.Words and music Bob Dylan Released on The Basement Tapes (1967/1975) and in a different version on Greatest Hits, vol 2 (1971) Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem Capo 2nd fret (sounding key A major)
that doesn't seem to work. Other things to try: To visit our home page click here. To visit your account page click here. To browse our sheet music collection click here. To take a look at our newest sheet music click here.Bustin' Out Chords and Lyrics Last edited by LIDog on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:07 am, edited 4 times in total. Posts: 241Joined: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:47 amLocation: Long Island,NY I ain't got no use for your red rocking chair I (3b) ain't got no sugar baby 1m now No I (3b) ain't got no honey baby 1m now And it's who'll rock the cradle, and who'll sing this song Who'll be your honey when I'm gone I'll rock the cradle, and I'll sing this song I'll rock the cradle when you're gone yes I'll rock the cradle when you're gone Laid her in the shade, gave her every dime I made What more could a poor boy do I've done all I can do, said all I can say I'll sing it to your mama next payday Some old rounder come along, took my sugar babe and gone
And I ain't got no sugar baby now No I ain't got no honey baby now A song from the The ToneWay Mountain Music Collection, which offers lyrics and free Song Clips (recordings for learning the song by ear) for nearly 400 traditional songs, many of which are often heard in bluegrass and old-time jam circles. The ToneWay Project also offers songbooks, CDs, and a free online video series for learning to play music by ear.The web service to this account has been limited temporarily! There is a server resource overage report open for this account in the User area. To remove the limits, please log into your User area and consider the options available to resolve the case.(Originally published: , January 2002) Outlaw as Folk Hero is an old theme in the Anglo-American tradition, probably dating from before the Robin Hood stories. second idea, that of Outlaw as Psychopath, a truly Bad Man. Stagolee and John Hardy come to mind, as well as Lee Brown, the narrator of
Versions of this song were found throughout the south, particularly in Appalachia and the Ozarks. The tunes vary, but the story is remarkably stable. Lee Brown shoots his woman, runs away, is caught, tried, and gets a long sentence. He has no remorse, other than that he is jailed. One writer says this song was very popular as early as 1885, but I couldn't find the source of that claim. of towns in America with the names given in the song, but Thomasville and Jericho, North Carolina are only 60 miles apart, which make them prime candidates for locale. There's no reason to believe this song isA cursory search shows no information on a real Lee Brown, or any evidence that the song describes an actual Clarence Ashley, from East Tennessee, recorded this version in 1928, but a later recording is on Smithsonian/Folkways CD SF40029/30, Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley, 1960-1962. Ashley tuned his banjo to to 1st), sometimes called "mountain modal" tuning.
it "sawmill tuning," perhaps because the unfinished sound of the resulting open-string chord sounds like a large circular saw cuttingClassical European music concentrated on major and minor scales, because they were amenable to easy harmonies when used withOther scales, generically called "modal," which were on an equal footing with the classical scales in early music (such as Gregorian chants), survived in the remote mountains of America. the Folkways recording, Doc Watson accompanied Ashley on the guitar. capoed at the 3rd fret, and used an odd chord fingering, which I call "E modal." The fingering is (low to high): 022200, or the A major fingering moved to one lower string. A guitar chord diagram is given in the commentary for LittleThe chord names given in the sheet music assume the guitar is capoed at the 3rd fret, so "E modal" becomes a "G modal" chord and "D" becomes "F". you've listened to a number of other modal tunes, such as Red Rocking Chair or Little
chord won't sound as weird as if you're playing it for the first time. I transcribed Ashley's words faithfully because I like the idea of the outlaw trying to be inconspicuous while ringing a bell on aMost likely, he mis-heard "reading a bill," i.e., a handbill tacked to a wall that told about Lee Brown being wanted forI did cheat, however, when I added the last verse from WoodyI like it because it emphasizes Lee's lack 1. Went out last night for to take a little round, I met my little Sadie and I blowed her down. I run right home and I went to bed, A forty-four smokeless under my head. 2. I woke next morning at half-a past nine, The buggies and hacks all formed in line The gents and gamblers a-standing around Goin' to take little Sadie to her burying ground. 3. When I began to think what a deed I'd done, I grabbed my hat and away I run. I made a good run just a little too slow, They overtook me in Jericho.