Rocking Chair Blues chords by Hazel Dickens

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Rock on, rock your blues away
Oh, rockin' chairs help
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pass the time of day
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Your kids have gone their way,
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it's the price you pay
Holdin' in the way is here to stay
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There ain't gonna be no chance
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to turn around
There's more yesterdays
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than tomorrows left now
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And when your number's called,
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the lid on your casket falls
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There's no more crying,
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no more dying,
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for you, you know
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So let those old memories
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come on around
Well, they're all you gotta
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hang on to now
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Hair is white as snow
Your old mind just comes and goes
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But it can't bring back the thing but
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memories
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Rock on, the new home you have found
Is a run -down apartment
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in the cheapest part town.
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Give everything you own
for those old -timey friends back home.
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One last look at the hills
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is where you used to roam
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So let those old memories
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come on around
Well, they're all you gotta
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hang on to now
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Paris white as snow,
your old mind just comes and goes
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But it can't bring back a
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thing but memories
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Yes, let those old memories
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come on around
Till it's time to lay your
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tired old body down
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And he will gently bid you come
Where no partying's song to sound
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And all your cryin' and all your dyin'
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will be done