Rocking Chair Blues chords by 
Hazel Dickens 
N/A
Key: E major•
Intro 1
B
A
B
E
Verse 1
E
A
E
Rock on, rock your blues away
Oh, rockin' chairs help
A
pass the time of day
E
Your kids have gone their way,
B
E
A
B
it's the price you pay
Holdin' in the way is here to stay
E
A
There ain't gonna be no chance
E
B
E
to turn around
There's more yesterdays
B
A
than tomor rows left now
E
And when your number's called,
B
E
the lid on your casket falls
A
B
There's no more crying,
F#m
B
no more dying,
E
for you, you know
A
So let those old memories
E
come on around
Well, they're all you gotta
A
hang on to now
E
Hair is white as snow
Your old mind just comes and goes
A
B
But it can't bring back the thing but
E
B
A
E
B
E
memor ies
A
E
A
B
E
A
E
Rock on, the new home you have found
Is a run -down apartment
A
in the cheapest part town.
E
Give everything you own
for those old -timey friends back home.
B
F#
B
One last look at the hills
E
is where you used to roam
A
So let those old memories
E
come on around
Well, they're all you gotta
A
hang on to now
E
Paris white as snow,
your old mind just comes and goes
A
B
But it can't bring back a
F#
B
E
thing but memor ies
A
Yes, let those old memories
E
come on around
Till it's time to lay your
A
tired old body down
E
And he will gently bid you come
Where no partying's song to sound
B
And all your cryin' and all your dyin'
E
will be done
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB A E F#m F#
B
A
E
F#m
F#
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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