The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp chords by
Merle Haggard
The Strangers

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 1

G

G

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Oh, the path was deep and wide

F

F

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C

C

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from footsteps leading to our cabin

F

F

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Above the door,

G

G

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C

C

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there burned a scarlet lamp

G

G

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And late at night a hand would knock and

F

F

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C

C

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there would stand a stranger

F

F

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G

G

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Yes, I'm the son of Hickory

C

C

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Holler's tramp

Verse 2

C

C

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F

F

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The corn was dry and the weeds were

C

C

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high when Daddy took to drinking

F

F

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C

C

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Him and Lucy Walker,

G

G

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they took up and ran away

C

C

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F

F

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Mama cried a tear and then she

C

C

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promised fourteen children

F

F

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I swear you'll never see

G

G

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a hungry day

C

C

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Verse 3

F

F

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When Mama sacrificed her pride,

C

C

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the neighbors started talkin'

F

F

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C

C

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But I was much too young to

G

G

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understand the things they said

C

C

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F

F

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The thing that mattered most of all was

C

C

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Mama's chicken dumplings

F

F

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And a goodnight kiss be

G

G

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fore we went to bed

C

C

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Verse 4

G

G

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Oh, the path was deep and wide from

F

F

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C

C

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footsteps leading to our cabin

F

F

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Above the door there

G

G

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C

C

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burned a scarlet lamp

G

G

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And late at night a hand would knock

F

F

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C

C

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and there would stand a stranger

F

F

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G

G

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Yes, I'm the son of Hickory

C

C

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Holler's tramp

Interlude 1

C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 5

C

C

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F

F

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When Daddy left then destitution

C

C

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came upon our family

F

F

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C

C

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Not one neighbor volunteered

G

G

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to give a helping hand

C

C

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F

F

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So let them gossip all they want,

C

C

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she loved us and she raised us

F

F

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G

G

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The truth is standing here,

C

C

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the full grown man

Verse 6

C

C

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F

F

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Last summer Mama passed away

C

C

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and left the ones who loved her

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F

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C

C

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Each and every one is more than

G

G

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grateful for their birth

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C

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F

F

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Each Sunday she receives the fresh

C

C

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bouquet of fourteen roses

F

F

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And a card that reads,

G

G

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C

C

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'The greatest Mom on earth'

Verse 7

G

G

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Oh, the path was deep and wide from

F

F

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C

C

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footsteps leading to our cabin

F

F

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Above the door there

G

G

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C

C

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burned a scarlet lamp

G

G

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And late at night a hand would knock and

F

F

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C

C

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there would stand a stranger

F

F

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G

G

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Yes, I'm the son of Hickory

C

C

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Holler's tramp

Verse 8

F

F

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G

G

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C

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Yeah, I'm the son of Hickory Holler's tramp

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