Big Rock Candy Mountain chords by
Porter Wagoner

N/A•

Key: C major•

Intro 1

G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 1

C

C

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On a summer's

day in the month of May,

F

F

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C

C

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the burly bum come a -hikin'

G

G

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down the shady lane,

C

C

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through the sugar cane,

G

G

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C

C

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he was lookin' for his lichen.

As he rode along

and he hummed a song

F

F

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C

C

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on a land of milk and hon_ ey

G

G

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C

C

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Where a bum can live for many a days

G

G

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C

C

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and don't need very much money

Oh, the buzzing of the bees

and the cigarette trees

F

F

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C

C

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and the soda water foun_ tain

G

G

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Where the lemonade springs

C

C

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and the bluebird sings

G

G

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C

C

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and the big rock candy mountain

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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There's a lake of gin we can all jump in

F

F

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C

C

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and the handouts come in bunches.

G

G

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C

C

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You can sleep all day in the Newmont hay

G

G

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C

C

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and the bars all have free lunches.

Where the mail train stops

and they don't have cops

F

F

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C

C

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and the folks are tender hearted

G

G

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Where you don't grow rocks,

C

C

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and they never change socks,

G

G

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C

C

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and the hair is never par_ ted.

Oh, the buzzing of the bees,

and the cigarette trees,

F

F

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C

C

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and the soda water foun_ tain,

G

G

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Where the lemonade springs,

C

C

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and the bluebird sings,

G

G

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and the big rock candy

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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mountain.

G

G

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C

C

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And on the run came the farmer's son

F

F

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C

C

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To the hay fields he come a -boundin'

G

G

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Said the bum to the son,

C

C

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why don't you come

G

G

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C

C

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To the Big Rock Candy Moun_ tain?

Well, the very next day they hiked away

F

F

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C

C

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And the mountains they kept a -countin'

G

G

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For they nev_ er did arrive

C

C

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to the lemonade dive

G

G

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C

C

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In the Big Rock Candy Moun_ tain

There's a lake of gin we can all jump in

F

F

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C

C

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And the handouts grow in bunches

G

G

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You can sleep all day in

C

C

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the new -mown hay

G

G

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C

C

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And the bars all have free lunches

Oh, the buzzing of the bees

and the cigarette trees

F

F

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C

C

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And the soda water foun_ tains

G

G

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Where the lemonade springs

C

C

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and the bluebird sings

G

G

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C

C

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You

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Chords

G
C
F

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What is the original key of Big Rock Candy Mountain?

The original key of Big Rock Candy Mountain by Porter Wagoner is C major.

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The tempo of Big Rock Candy Mountain is approximately 176 beats per minute.

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