The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp

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

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Oh, 
    the 
    path 
    was 
    deep 
    and 
    wide 

    from 
    footsteps 
    leading 
    to 
    our 
    cab
    in 

    Above 
    the 
    door, 

    there 
    burned 
    a scarlet 
    lamp 

    And 
    late 
    at 
    night 
    a hand 
    would 
    knock 
    and 

    there 
    would 
    stand 
    a stranger 

    Yes, 
    I'm 
    the son 
    of 
    Hickory 

    Holler
    's tramp 

    Verse 2
    The 
    corn 
    was 
    dry 
    and 
    the 
    weeds 
    were 

    high 
    when 
    Daddy 
    took 
    to 
    drinking 

    Him 
    and 
    Lucy 
    Walker, 

    they 
    took 
    up 
    and 
    ran 
    away 

    Mama 
    cried 
    tear 
    and 
    then 
    she 

    prom
    ised 
    fourteen 
    children 

    swear 
    you'll 
    never 
    see 

    hungry 
    day 

    Verse 3

    When 
    Mama 
    sacri
    ficed 
    her 
    pride, 

    the 
    neighbors 
    started 
    talkin' 

    But 
    was 
    much 
    too 
    young 
    to 

    understand 
    the things 
    they 
    said 

    The 
    thing 
    that 
    mattered 
    most 
    of 
    all 
    was 

    Mama's 
    chicken 
    dumplings 

    And a 
    good
    night 
    kiss 
    be

    fore 
    we 
    went 
    to 
    bed 

    Verse 4

    Oh, 
    the path 
    was 
    deep 
    and 
    wide 
    from 

    footsteps 
    leading 
    to 
    our 
    cab
    in 

    Above 
    the 
    door 
    there 

    burned 
    a scarlet 
    lamp 

    And 
    late 
    at 
    night 
    a hand 
    would 
    knock 

    and 
    there 
    would 
    stand 
    stranger 

    Yes, 
    I'm 
    the son 
    of 
    Hickory 

    Holler
    's tramp 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 5
    When 
    Daddy 
    left 
    then 
    destitution 

    came 
    upon 
    our 
    family 

    Not 
    one 
    neighbor 
    vo
    lunteered 

    to 
    give 
    helping 
    hand 

    So 
    let 
    them 
    gossip 
    all 
    they 
    want, 

    she 
    loved 
    us 
    and 
    she 
    raised 
    us 

    The truth 
    is 
    standing 
    here, 

    the full 
    grown 
    man 

    Verse 6
    Last 
    summer 
    Mama 
    passed 
    away 

    and 
    left 
    the 
    ones 
    who 
    loved 
    her 

    Each 
    and 
    every 
    one 
    is 
    more 
    than 

    grateful 
    for 
    their 
    birth 

    Each 
    Sunday 
    she 
    re
    ceives 
    the fresh 

    bou
    quet 
    of 
    fourteen 
    roses 

    And a card 
    that 
    reads, 

    'The 
    greatest 
    Mom 
    on 
    earth' 

    Verse 7
    Oh, 
    the 
    path 
    was 
    deep 
    and 
    wide 
    from 

    footsteps 
    leading 
    to 
    our 
    cab
    in 

    Above 
    the door 
    there 

    burned 
    a scarlet 
    lamp 

    And 
    late 
    at night 
    hand 
    would 
    knock 
    and 

    there 
    would 
    stand 
    a stranger 

    Yes, 
    I'm 
    the son 
    of 
    Hickory 

    Holler
    's tramp 

    Verse 8
    Yeah, 
    I'm 
    the son 
    of 
    Hickory 
    Holler's tramp 

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