William Smith Monroe chords by Niall Toner

SimplifiedC · Bb · F · Gsus4 · Gm …

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Gsus4
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Intro 1

Verse 1
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That young boy
from Kentucky
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C 
Learned tunes from old black men
Sang songs with Birch and Charley
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Played gui tar with Uncle Penn
Tore up the grand ol' Opry
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and he shook up Music Row
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The cross -eyed boy from Rosine,
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William Smith Monroe
On their very first audition
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C 
before the ol' Judge Hay
Bill's band showed those Opry folks
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C 
how they could really play
The stern old judge
told Bill
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if he ever wished to go
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He'd have to fire himself
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C 
from the Grand Ole Opry show
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Now I hear his voice a -callin'
from somewhere in the pines
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And that high and lonesome tenor
Gsus4 
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Gm 
sends a shiver down my spine
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As I walk the piney woods
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F 
where peace comes dropping slow
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All alone with the ancient tones
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of William Smith Monroe
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For fifty years and more
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Bill rode the bluegrass line
With Flatham, Scruggs and Baker,
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Mack Wiseman, Curly Cline
Countless men of music
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F 
who passed through his hands
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Still carry on the sound
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C 
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of Monroe's bluegrass band
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F 
Now I hear his voice a -callin'
from somewhere in the pines
C 
And that high, lonesome tenor
Gsus4 
C 
Gm 
Sends    a shiver down my spine
C 
As I walk the piney woods
F 
Where peace comes droppin' slow
C 
All alone with the ancient tones
Bb 
Of William Smith Monroe
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F 
C 
Gm 
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F 
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Gm 
C 
Now
if you should go a -walkin'
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Cross the creek by the bridge
And rambled through the woods
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C 
upon Jerusalem Ridge
Listened to the birds
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and the lonesome wind that blowed
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Carrying the ancient tones
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of William Smith Monroe
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F 
Now I hear his voice a -calling
from somewhere in the pines
C 
And that high, lonesome tenor
Gm 
Sends a shiver down my spine
C 
As I walk the piney woods
F 
Where peace comes droppin' slow
C 
All alone with the ancient tones
Gm 
Of William Smith Monroe
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All alone with the ancient tones
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Gm 
C 
Of William Smith Monroe
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