Rockin' Chair chords by Jerry Jeff Walker
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Verse 1
(D major) There's an old rocking chair
Spreading (G major) memories everywhere
(D major) On that old home porch
across from Tipple's (A major) store
You can (D major) see where the wood is worn
Where (G major) my granddaddy rested his arm (D major)
As he rocked me in the rocking chair
(A major) Well, don't rock no more
(D major)
Verse 2
Well, I was born in a (A major) broken (D major) home
I (A major) was
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Verse 3
(G major) blinded by things gone wrong (D major)
Verse 4
Had no (D major) vision
of what the future held (A major) in store
Verse 5
Just a (D major) baby, barely three
(A major) When (G major) my
Verse 6
granddaddy came for (D major) me
Rock me in the (A major) rocking (D major) chair
(A major) that don't rock no more (D major)
But (G major) if that old rocking
chair could read
Thought (D major) s from people's minds
Oh, the stories it could
tell time (G major) after (A major) time
Stor (D major) ies others never hear
Of the (G major) thoughts one holds so (D major) dear
Oh, how I wish I could've (A major) read
my grandpa's (D major) mind
Everybody lightly clap. (A major) (D major) (A major) elec (D major) tric solo
(A major) (G major)
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
Granddaddy (D major)
lived the Christian way
The truth and (G major) goodness he portrayed (D major)
He loved to gather his thoughts
As he rocked on the (A major) hardwood floor
Verse 8
(A major)
And (D major) while he'd sit and rock
He paid no (G major) mind to the time on the (D major) clock
As they rocked me in the rocking chair
(A major) They don't rock no more (D major)
But if that (G major) rocking chair could read
Thought (D major) s from people's minds
Old stories they could tell time after (A major) time
Ž Ž
Stories (D major) others never hear Ž
Other thoughts (G major) one holds so (D major) dear Ž
Oh how I wish I coulda (A major) read
my grandpa's (D major) mind
Ž Ž Ž
But if that (A major) old (G major) rocking chair
could read Ž
Thought (D major) s from people's minds Ž
Oh stories they could tell time after (A major) time
Verse 9
Ž
(D major) Stories of the never here
Of the (G major) thoughts one holds so (D major) dear
How I wish (A major) I (D major) could have (A major) read
my grandpa's (D major) mind
As he rocked me in the rocking chair
(A major) That don't rock no more (D major)
Don't (G major) rock no more (D major) (D major)
Mr. Rick Cardwell,
he's right over there in the corner.
There's some producers up in Nashville
that says,
boy, can't you stop writing anything
but lizards and sage songs,
can't you write something
with contemporary
relationships in them? (F major)
Don't you know the
way you're doing it,
you're just pissing in the wind. (F major)
Now see, there's a contemporary relationship,
me and that producer.
Rockin' Chair
Jerry Jeff Walker
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