Intro -x2-:
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Verse 1:
C
One evening as the sun went down
GC
And the jungle fire was burning,
C
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
GC
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
FCFC
I'm headed for a land that's far away
FCG
Besides the crystal fountains
C
So come with me, we'll go and see
GC
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
FC
There's a land that's fair and bright,
FC
Where the handouts grow on bushes
FG
And you sleep out every night
C
Where the boxcars all are empty
FC
And the sun shines every day
FC
On the birds and the bees
FC
And the cigarette trees
FC
The lemonade springs
FC
Where the bluebird sings
GC
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
Verse 2:
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
FC
All the cops have wooden legs
FC
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
FG
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
C
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
FC
And the barns are full of hay
FC
Oh I'm bound to go
FC
Where there ain't no snow
FC
Where the rain don't fall
FC
The wind don't blow
GC
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
Verse 3:
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
FC
You never change your socks
FC
And the little streams of alcohol
FG
Come trickling down the rocks
C
The brakemen have to tip their hats
FC
And the railroad bulls are blind
FC
There's a lake of stew
FC
And of whiskey, too
FC
You can paddle all around 'em
FC
In a big canoe
GC
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
Verse 4:
C
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
FC
The jails are made of tin
FC
And you can walk right out again,
FG
As soon as you are in
C
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
FC
No axes, saws or picks,
FC
I'ma goin' to stay
FC
Where you sleep all day,
FC
Where they hung the Turk
FC
That invented work
GC
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
FCFC
I'll see you all this coming Fall
GC
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
if you wanna get the strumming thing going that they play in the song, use the same plucking for ‘Hey There Delilah’ by the Plain White T’s but use the chords on this tab 🙂
megimoo72
8 years ago
Transpose +2 or -3 for easier chords. 🙂
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8 years ago
the last f c need to be switched, other than that spot on!
person
8 years ago
On the last “voice and sing along” I used the F chord then the Bb chord. I think it sounds better that way! Other than that the song is great!
Hannah
7 years ago
Ladies!! (or gents)!!! If 0 is both too high AND low to sing go to -4!!!! it’s really easy to play and sing along to:)
Harry McClintock (October 8, 1882 – April 24, 1957), also known as “Haywire Mac,” was an American country music composer and labor organizer, best known for his song “Big Rock Candy Mountain”, as well as his ballad, “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”. He was also credited as being the first person to sing “The Preacher and the Slave”, a song by Joe Hill, in public. He was a lifelong member of the Industrial Workers of the World. McClintock was from Knoxville, Tennessee.
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if you wanna get the strumming thing going that they play in the song, use the same plucking for ‘Hey There Delilah’ by the Plain White T’s but use the chords on this tab 🙂
Transpose +2 or -3 for easier chords. 🙂
the last f c need to be switched, other than that spot on!
On the last “voice and sing along” I used the F chord then the Bb chord. I think it sounds better that way! Other than that the song is great!
Ladies!! (or gents)!!! If 0 is both too high AND low to sing go to -4!!!! it’s really easy to play and sing along to:)
For the outro, it’s F G C not F C G
This song is so sweet!!