Merle Haggard, Old Man from the Mountain (1974)
Key: :[G] (w: Merle Haggard)
INTRO: [G open x3] [*F1]
CHORUS:
[G] The old man from the mountain's comin' home, home, home
[G] Thought I'd better warn you, so I
[A] called you on the
[D] phone
Get
[G] rid of Joe the grinder, you
[C] better be there a-
[G]-lone
Cause the
[G] old man from the
[D] mountain's comin'
[G] home
VERSE 1:
[G] I've been a-workin in the saw-mill, I'm
[C] all up-tight and
[G] tense
And
[G] I got word that someone's, been
[A] diggin' under my back
[D] fence
Thought
[G] I'd better call you,
[C] let you know to-
[G]-day
That the
[G] old man from the
[D] mountain's on his
[G] way
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 2:
[G] Been workin' my dang fool head off,
[C] all for a dollar
[G] bill
Now
[G] I need a bunch of good lovin', so
[A] I'm comin' down the
[D] hill
Don't
[G] want no friendly Henry's,
[C] warmin' up my
[G] bed
And the
[G] old man from the
[D] mountain means what he
[G] said
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
