Kentucky Morning chords by Darrell Scott and Darrell Scott String Band
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (G major) (Dsus4)
I (G major) am the one
Verse 1
who stayed behind
While the (C major) others were going away (G major)
To the (D major) mills of Chicago,
to the (C major) plants of Detroit
For the (F major) promise of a (E minor) five
dollar (Dsus4) day (D major)
(Dsus4) They would (G major) come by in December
While the folks were alive
With (C major) gifts from the money
they made (B minor)
And they'd (C major) talk of the nights
neath the (G major) bright city (C major) lights
And (G major) wonder how (D major) I ever
stayed (G major)
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Verse 2
(And I'd tell them) Oh, your (C major)
bright lights don't shine
like a Ken (G major) tucky (D major) morning
You (C major) can't hear a whippoorwill
(G major) out on the street
(D major) Give me a (C major) good piece of land
and an (G major) old cane back rock (C major) er
While (G major) life goes (D major) on and (E minor) on and (C major) on,
while (G major) life goes (D major) on and (G major) on
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (D major) (Dsus4)
Verse 3
I took the (G major) train out of Corbin
and headed up north
To (C major) visit a brother of mine (G major)
Said he'd talk (D major) to his foreman
for to (C major) get me a job
Working (F major) graveyard (C major) as sembly line (A minor) (D major)
And I (Dsus4) was there (G major) with my brother
making factory pay
But Lord (C major) my soul was (B minor) alone
And it was (C major) four in the morning
I shut down (G major) my machine (C major)
And I told (G major) them: I'm (D major) going home (G major)
Verse 4
(G major) Oh, your (C major) bright lights don't shine
like a Ken (G major) tucky (D major) morn (G major) ing
You (C major) can't hear a whippoorwill
(G major) out on the street
(D major) Give me a (C major) good piece of land
and an (G major) old cane back rocker (C major)
While (G major) life goes (D major) on and (E minor) on and (C major) on while
(G major) life goes (D major) on and (G major) on
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 5
(D major) Give me a (C major) good piece of land
And an (G major) old (A minor) cane (G major) back rocker (C major)
While (G major) life goes (D major) on and (E minor) on and (C major) on
While (G major) life goes (D major) on and (B major) (C major) on
While (G major) life goes (D major) on and on (C major) (A minor) (G major)
Kentucky Morning
Darrell Scott and Darrell Scott String Band
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