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]
