John Newton
G C G
D
Amazing
grace, how sweet the sound; That saved a wretch like me.
G C G Em
D G
I
once was lost but now I’m found, Was blind but now I see.
T’was grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fear relieved.
How precious did that grace-appear, The hour I first believed
When
we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, Than when we first begun
Katherine Lee Bates
G D G
O
beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,
G D A D
For
purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!
G D G/G7
C G Em D G
And
crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
Elisha A. Hoffman
G
Have
you been to Jesus for His cleansing power
D
Are
you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
G C
Are
you fully trusting in His grace this hour
G D G
Are
you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Chorus:
G C G D
Are
you washed, in the blood, In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb?
G C
Are
your garments spotless, are they white as snow,
G D G
Are
you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you walking daily by your Savior’s side
Are
you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the crucified
Are
you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Lay aside these garments that are stained with sin
And
be washed in the blood of the Lamb
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean
Oh,
be washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Traditional
D A
O Once upon a
time in
D D A
D
And Fiddled at
a tune that he liked to hear, A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
D G D A D A
It was raining
hard, but the fiddler didn’t care, He sawed away at the popular air,
D G D A D A D
Tho' his roof tree
leaked like a water fall, that didn't seem to bother the man at all.
A Traveler was
riding by that day, And stopped to hear him a practicing away;
The cabin was
afloat and his feet were wet, But still the old man didn't seem to fret.
So the
Stranger said
"Now the
way it seems to me you had better mend your roof" said he.
But the old
man said, as he played away "I couldn't mend it now it’s a rainy day”
The Traveler
replied: "That's all quite true, But this I think is the thing for you to
do;
Get busy on a
day that’s fair and bright, Then patch the old roof till it's good and
tight."
But the old
man kept a [playing at his reel
And tapped the
ground with his leathery heel:
"Get
along", said he, "for you give me a pain:
My cabin never
leaks when it doesn't rain."
Flatt and Scruggs
G Am D
Come and listen to a story ‘bout a man named Jed
D G
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
G C C#
Then one day he was shootin’ for some food,
D G
And up through the ground come a bubblin’ crude
(Oil that is, black gold,
Well the first thing you know old Jed’s a millionaire
Kin folk said Jed move away from there
Said California is the place you oughta be
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
(Hills that is, swimming pools, movie stars)
Well now it’s time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin
They would like to thank you folks for kindly droppin’ in
You’re all invited back again to this locality
To have a heapin’ helpin’ of their hospitality
(Beverly Hillbillies, that’s what they call ‘em now,
Nice folks. Y’all come back now, ya hear?)
Traditional
G C G D-G
G C G D-G
C G C G C G D G
C G C G C G D G
Julia Ward Howe
G
Mine
eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
C G
He
is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
G B Em
He
has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
C D
G
His
truth is marching on
Glory!
Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on
Traditional
Chorus:
G C G D
Bile
‘em cabbage down, boys, Turn them hoecakes 'round,
G C G D G
Only
song that I can sing is Bile ‘em cabbage down.
Raccoon
has a bushy tail, Possum's tail is bare.
Rabbit ain't got no tail at all but a Little bitty bunch o' hair. (Chorus)
Raccoon
and the possum, Racin' cross the prairie.
Raccoon
ask the possum, Did she want to marry. (Chorus)
Possum
is a cunnin' thing, Travels in the dark,
Never thinks to curl her tail 'Til she hears ol' Rover bark. (Chorus)
‘Possum
up a ‘simmon tree, Raccoon on the ground,
Raccoon
say to the ‘possum, “Won’t you shake them ‘simmons down?” (Chorus)
Jaybird
died of the whoopin' cough, Sparrow died of the colic.
'Long come a frog with a fiddle on his back Inquirin' his way to the frolic.
(Chorus)
Bill Monroe
G C
Blue
moon of
G D
Shine
on the one that's gone and proved untrue
G C
Blue
moon of
G D G
Shine
on the one that's gone and left me blue
C G
It was on a moonlight night the stars were shining bright
C G D
When
they whispered from on high your love has said good-bye
Blue moon of
Shine on the one that's gone and said good-bye
Flatt and Scruggs
G C
There’s a well-beaten path in the old mountainside
D G
Where I wandered when I was a lad
G C
And I wandered alone to the place I call home
D G
In those Blueridge hills far away
Chorus:
G C
Oh I love those hills of old
D G
From those Blueridge hills I did roam
G C
When I die won’t you bury me on the mountain
D G
Far away in my Blueridge mountain home
Now my thoughts wander back to that ramshackle shack
In those blue ridge hills far away
Where my mother and dad were laid there to rest
They are sleeping in peace together there
I return to that old cabin home with the sigh
I’ve been longing for days gone by
When I die won’t you bury me on that old mountain side
Make my resting place upon the hills so high
Bill Monroe
G G F G F G D G
G G C G C G D G
Benny Goodman
C G D G
C G D G
G C G D
Bury me beneath the willow, Under the weeping willow tree
G C G D G
So she will know where I am sleeping, And perhaps she’ll think of
me
My heart is sad and I’m in sorrow, Weeping for the one I love
When shall I see her oh no never, ‘Til we meet in heaven above
Tomorrow was to be our wedding, God oh God where can she be
She’s gone a courting with another, And no longer cares for me
She told me that she did not love me, I could not believe it was true
Until an angel softly whispered, She no longer cares for you
Place on my grave a snow white lily, To prove my love for her was true
To show the world I died of grieving, For her love I could not win
Flatt and
Scruggs
G C G
There’s a cabin in the pines in the hills of Caroline
G D
And a blue-eyed girl is waiting there for me
G C G
I’ll be going back to stay and from her I’ll never stray
G D G
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline
Chorus:
C G
Oh, the cabin in the shadow of the pines
G D
And the blue-eyed girl down in Caroline
G C G
Someday she’ll be my wife and we’ll live a happy life
G D
G
In a cabin in the hills of Caroline
I’m packin’ my grip gonna take a long long trip
Back to the hills of Caroline
I want to see that blue-eyed girl, she’s the sweetest in the world
And the cabin in the hills of Caroline
And when it’s late at night, and the moon is shinin’ bright
And the whippoorwill is callin’ from the hill
Then I’ll tell her of my love, beneath the stars above
How I love her and I know I always will
Hank Williams
G C G
When
you stray from the foal and there's trouble in your soul
G D
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
G C G
When
your soul is lost in sin and you're at your journey's end
G D G
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
Chorus:
C G D
Callin'
you, callin' you, can't you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
G C G
He
will take you by the hand, lead you to that promised land
G D G
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
As
you journey day by day, and temptation comes your way
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
If
you follow in His light, He will always guide you right
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
When
your soul is burdened down, and your friends cannot be found
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
If
you follow Him each day, He will brighten up your way
Can't
you hear the blessed savior callin' you?
Traditional
G C G G D G
I
gotta gal and she loves me, She’s as sweet as sweet can be,
She’s got eyes of baby blue, Make’s my gun shoot straight and true.
Chorus:
G
Goin’
up Cripple Creek goin’ in a run
G D
Goin’
up Cripple Creek to have a little fun.
Cripple Creep’s wide and Cripple Creek’s deep
I’ll
wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my britches to my knees, I’ll wade old Cripple Creek when I please.
I went down to Cripple Creek, To see what them girls had to eat
I got drunk and fell against the wall, Ole corn likker was the cause of it all.
Traditional
G Em G Em D G
I laid down
took a little nap, Forty one miles from the Cumberland Gap
Chorus:
G Em
Cumberland
Gap, Cumberland Gap
G D G
Forty one
miles from the Cumberland Gap
I got a gal in
Cumberland Gap, She’s got a baby calls me pap.
Daniel Boone
on Pinnacle Rock, He killed injuns with an old flintlock.
Cumberland
Gap’s a mighty fine place, Can’t get water to wash your face.
Cumberland Gap
with It’s cliffs and rocks, home of the panther, bear, and fox.
Me and my wife
and my wife’s pap, Danced our way home to Cumberland Gap.
Peter Rowan
G D G
Dancin' with the angels while the lions roar
G C G
There's
a pathway of darkness, there's a pathway of light
G D
They
meet at the old crossroads
G C G
The
Lord is a-calling if your spirit will hearken
G D G
All is forgiven, lay down your weary load
Chorus:
G C G
You'll
be dancin', dancin', dancin' with the angels
G A D
Just
like old Daniel in the lions' den
G C G
The
door will be open and the feast spread out before you
G D G
Dancin' with the angels while the lions roar
Oh,
Satan's dark powers are hungry for confusion
Once satisfied ever greedy for more
If you look to your heart there's a Spirit there a-bloomin'
If it's bright and shining Satan can harm you no more (chorus)
Kind
angels of mercy are waiting there to greet you
Standing on the shore of everlasting light
They say "Come and join us across the shining waters
Our lanterns of love will guide us through the night” (chorus)
Don Reno
G C G D
G C D G
Traditional
G G7
I’ve
got a home in Glory land that outshines the sun
C G
I’ve
got a home in Glory land that outshines the sun
G Em
I’ve
got a home in Glory land that outshines the sun
G D G
Look
away, beyond, the blue
Do
Lord, O Do Lord, O Do remember me (x3)
Look
away, beyond, the blue
I
took Jesus as my Savior you take Him too (x3)
Look
away, beyond, the blue
Flatt/Scruggs
G
Now
I got a gal that's sweet to me, she just ain't what she used to be
C G
Just
a little high-headed, that's plain to see
D G
Don't
get above your raisin', stay down on earth for me
Now
look here gal don't you high-head me, I ain't forgot what you used to be
When
you didn't have nothin', that was plain to see
Don't
get above your raisin', stay down on earth for me
Now
you need not hold your head so high, every time that you pass me by
For
it don't mean nothin', to me, you see
Don't
get above your raisin', stay down on earth for me
Now
look here gal you better be yourself, and leave that other stuff on the shelf
You're
a country baby, that's plain to see
Don't
get above your raisin', stay down on earth for me
Traditional
G C G D
Now Dooley was
a good old man, he lived below the mill,
G C
G D
G
Dooley had two
daughters and a forty gallon still.
One gal
watched the boiler, the other watched the spout,
And mama corked the bottles when old Dooley fetched em' out.
Chorus:
G C
Dooley,
slippin' up the holler, Dooley, trying to make a dollar,
G D G
Dooley, give
me a swallow and I'll pay you back someday.
The revenuers
came for him, slippin' through the woods,
Dooley kept behind them, though and never lost his goods.
Dooley was a
trader, when into town he'd come,
Sugar by the bushel and molasses by the drum. (Chorus)
Now I remember
very well, the day old Dooley died,
The women folk looked sorry and the men stood around and cried.
Now Dooley's
on the mountain, he lies there all alone,
They put a jug beside him and a barrel for a stone. (Chorus)
L. Wolfe Gilbert
G
Down
yonder someone beckons to me,
C
Down
yonder some reckons on me.
G
I
seem to see a race in memory
G
Between
the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee.
A
Swanee
shore I miss you more and more,
D
Ev'ry
day, My mammy land, You're simply grand.
G
Down
yonder when the folks get the news,
C
Don't
wonder at the Hullabaloos,
G
There's
daddy and mammy, There's Ephraim and Sammy,
A D G
Waitin'
down yonder for me.
Arthur Smith
G C G D
G G G G
Refrain:
C G D G
C G D G
Earl Scruggs
G G C G G G A D
G G C G G G D G G
Traditional
C G C C
C G C C
A A D D#
C G C C
Traditional
G D
Here she comes, look at her go.
There she goes, eatin’ that coal.
G D G
Watch her fly, look at her sail, Let her by, by, by, the Fireball
Mail.
Let her go, look at her steam, Here the low, whistle and scream.
Like a hound dog waggin’ its tail, Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail.
Engineer, makin’ up time, Tracks are clear, look at her climb.
See that freight, clear the rail, I’ll bet she’s late, late, late, the Fireball
Mail.
Watch her swerve, look at her sway, Get that curve out of the way.
Watch her fly, look at her sail, Let her by, by, by, the Fireball Mail.
Johnson Mountain Boys
G C G F G C G F D G
G C G F G C G F D G
D G F C F D
G C G F G C G F D G
Earl Scruggs
G C G D
G C G D G G
D D D G
D D D G
Earl Scruggs
G Em G Em G D G
Earl Scruggs
G G G G G G G D
G G G G G G D G G
D D D D
D D A A
D D A D
D G
Flatt and Scruggs
G C G D G
Traditional
G C G D
If I was on some foggy mountain top, I’d sail away to the West
G C G G D G
I’d sail all around this whole wide world, To the girl I love the
best
Now if you see that girl of mine, There’s something you can tell her
That she may as well not fool her time away, Just a courtin’ some other feller
Oh she caused me to weep and she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
Oh lonesome pines and the good old times, I’m on my way back home
Oh if I’d only listened to what my mama said, I would not be here today
Just lying around this old jailhouse, And wasting my poor life away
Irving Berlin
G D D G/G7
God
Bless America, Land that I love
C G G D G
Stand
beside her, and guide her, through the night with the light from above
D G D G/G7
From
the mountains, to the prairies, to the ocean, white with foam
C G/Em G D G/G7
God
Bless America, My home sweet home
C G/Em G D G
God
Bless America, My home sweet home
Traditional
G D G C G D G
D G D G D G G7 C7 D G
Stuart K. Hine
G C
Oh
Lord my God when I in awesome wonder
G D G
Consider
all the worlds Thy hands have made
G C
I
see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
G D G
Thy
power throughout the universe displayed
G C G
Then
sings my soul my Savior God to Thee
D G
How
great Thou art, How great Thou art
G C G
Then
sings my soul my Savior God to Thee
Am/D G
How
great Thou art, How great Thou art
When
Christ shall come, With shout of acclamation
To take me home what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God how great Thou art
Stanley Brothers
C G D G
Get
down boys, go back home, Back to the girl you love
Treat her right, never wrong, How mountain girls can love
G D G
Riding
the night in the high cold winds, On the trail of the old lonesome pine
Thinking of you, feeling so blue, Wondering why you left me behind
Remember the night we strolled down the lane, Our hearts were so happy then
You whispered to me as I held you close, You hoped this night would never end
Traditional
D G
(chorus)
In constant sorrow through his days
G C D G
I
am a ma-an of constant sorrow, I've seen trouble all my days.
G C D G
I
bid farewe-ell to old Kentucky, The place where I was born and raised.
(chorus) The place where he was born and raised
For six long ye-ears I've been in trouble, No pleasures here on earth I found
For in this wo-orld I'm bound to ramble, I have no friends to help me now.
(chorus) He has no friends to help him now
It's fare thee we-ell my old lover, I never expect to see you again
For I'm bound to ri-ide that northern railroad, Perhaps I'll die upon this
train.
(chorus) Perhaps he'll die upon this train.
You can bury me-e in some deep valley, For many years where I may lay
Then you may lear-rn to love another, While I am sleeping in my grave.
(chorus) While he is sleeping in his grave.
Maybe your friends thi-ink I'm just a stranger, My face you'll never see no
more.
But there is one pro-omise that is given, I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
(chorus) He'll meet you on God's golden shore.
Hank
Williams, Sr.
G G7
I wandered so aimless my heart filled with sin
C
G
I wouldn’t let my dear Savior in
G
Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night
G D G
Praise the Lord I saw the light
Chorus:
I saw the light I saw the light
No more darkness no more night
Now I’m so happy no sorrow in sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light
Just like a blind man I wandered alone
Worries and fears I claimed for my own
Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight
Praise the Lord I saw the light
I was a fool to wander and stray
For strait is the gate and narrow's the way
Now I have traded the wrong for the right
Praise the Lord I saw the light
Osborne Brothers
G C G
Some glad morning when this life is over, I’ll fly away
G G-D
G
To a home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away
Chorus:
G C G
I’ll fly away oh glory, I’ll fly away (in the morning)
G Em
G-D
G
When I die hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away
When the shadows of this life have grown, I’ll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown, I’ll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away
To a land where joys shall never end, I’ll fly away
C.
Austin Miles
G G7 C G
I come to the garden alone, While the
dew is still on the roses
D G Em A D
And
the voice I hear falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses.
G D C D G
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His
own;
G B Em
C G
D G
And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever
known.
He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me, Within my heart is ringing.
I’d stay in the garden with Him, Though
the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling.
Traditional
C G C G
Oh,
John Hardy was a desperate little man, Strapped on his guns every day
C G D
Shot
down a man on the West Virginia line, You ought to see John Hardy getting away
G
You
ought to see John Hardy getting away
When
he run up to Virginia around East Stone Bridge, Thought he would surely be free
And alone came a Marshall with a gun in his hand, Said: Johnny come along with
me
Johnny come along with me
Oh,
John Hardy came to save a little woman, The dress she wore was blue
And she howled up to Johnny as he rode on out of town
Said:
Johnny, I’ll be true to you
Johnny, I’ll be true to you
I
was let in to travel from the East to the West, From the North to the South in
the town
But when the sun comes up tomorrow they’ll take John Hardy down
And
shone to his hanging ground
They’re gonna let John Hardy swing down
Traditional
G C-D D7 G
I
am weak but Thou are strong, Jesus keep me from all wrong
G G7
C G D G
I’ll
be satisfied as long, As I walk, blessed Lord, close to Thee
Chorus:
Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it Jesus is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, blessed Lord, let it be.
Through
this world of toils and snares, If I falter, Lord, who cares
None but Thee my burden bares, None but Thee, blessed Lord, none but Thee.
When my feeble life is o’er, Time for me will be no more
Guide me to that peaceful shore, Let me walk, blessed Lord, close to Thee
Traditional
G C G D
What a
fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms,
G
C G D G
What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Chorus:
Leaning,
leaning, safe and secure from all alarms,
Leaning,
leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms
O how sweet to
walk in the pilgrim way, O how bright the path grows from day to day.
What have I to
dread, what have I to fear? I have
blessed peace with my Lord so near.
Traditional
D G D A D
D G D A D
D A D A D
D A D A D
Bill Monroe
G C G
Tonight
I'm alone without you my dear
G D
It
seems there's a longing for you still
G C G
All
I have to do now is sit alone and cry
G D G
In
our little cabin home on the hill
C G
Oh,
someone has taken you from me
G D
And
left me here all alone
G C G
Just
to listen to the rain beat on my window pane
G D G
In
our little cabin home on the hill
I hope you are happy tonight as you are
But in my heart there's a longing for you still
I just keep it there so I won't be alone
In our little cabin home on the hill
Now when you have come to the end of the way
And find there's no more happiness for you
Just let you thoughts turn back once more if you will
To our little cabin home on the hill