Key: :[F#] (w: Merle Haggard)

INTRO: [F# open x3] [*F1]

CHORUS:
[F#] The old man from the mountain's comin' home, home, home
[F#] Thought I'd better warn you, so I [G#] called you on the [C#] phone
Get [F#] rid of Joe the grinder, you [B] better be there a-[F#]-lone
Cause the [F#] old man from the [C#] mountain's comin' [F#] home

VERSE 1:
[F#] I've been a-workin in the saw-mill, I'm [B] all up-tight and [F#] tense
And [F#] I got word that someone's, been [G#] diggin' under my back [C#] fence
Thought [F#] I'd better call you, [B] let you know to-[F#]-day
That the [F#] old man from the [C#] mountain's on his [F#] way

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 2:
[F#] Been workin' my dang fool head off, [B] all for a dollar [F#] bill
Now [F#] I need a bunch of good lovin', so [G#] I'm comin' down the [C#] hill
Don't [F#] want no friendly Henry's, [B] warmin' up my [F#] bed
And the [F#] old man from the [C#] mountain means what he [F#] said

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]