New Madrid

Uncle Tupelo

Key: G

No chord chart available.

Worried Man's Blues

traditional

Key: E

No chord chart available.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

The Carter Family

Key: C

 I was Cstanding by my window
 On one Fcold and cloudy Cday

when I saw that hearse come rolling

 for to carry my Gmother aCway
 Will the Ccircle be unC7broken,
 By and Fby, Lord, by and Cby?

There's a better home a-waiting,

 In the sky, Lord, Gin the Csky.

Lord I told that undertaker

undertaker please drive slow

for this body you are hauling

Lord, I hate to see her go

I will follow close behind her

try to hold up and be brave

but I could not hide my sorrow

when they laid her in her grave

Cripple Creek

Traditional

Key: G

 Hey, FI got a gal at the Bbhead of the Fcreek,
 Goin' up to see her about Ctwo times a Fweek.
 Kiss her on the mouth, Bbsweet as any Fwine,
 Wrap herself around me like a Csweet potato Fvine.
FGoin up Cripple Creek, Bbgoin on a Frun,
 goin up Cripple Creek to Chave a little Ffun.
 Goin up Cripple Creek, Bbgoin in a Fwhirl,
 goin up Cripple Creek to Csee my Fgirl.

Now the girls up Cripple Creek, about half-grown,

jump on a boy like a dog on a bone.

Roll my britches up to my knees,

wade ol Cripple Creek whenever I please.

Now, Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep,

wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep.

Hills are steep and the roads are muddy,

and I'm so dizzy that I can't stand steady

Crawdad Hole

traditional

Key: D

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,
 You get a line and I'll get a pole, ABabe,
DYou get a line and I'll get a pole,
 And Gwe'll go down to that crawdad hole,
DHoney, BAaby mDine.

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Babe,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry,

Gonna sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,

Honey, Baby mine.

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Honey

Look at that man with a sack on his back, Babe

Look at that man with a sack on his back

Packin' all the crawdads he can sack

Honey, Baby mine

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Man fell down, broke his sack, Babe

Man fell down, broke his sack, Honey

Look at all the crawdads scramblin' back

Honey, Baby mine

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Honey,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand, Babe,

Standin' on the corner with a dollar in my hand,

Standin' there waitin' for the crawdad man,

Honey, Baby mine.

Tunes

Waterbound

traditional

Key: A

AWaterbound and I can’t get across
EWaterbound and I can’t get across
AWaterbound and I can’t get F#across
ADown in ENorth CaroAlina
F# A 
F# A E A 

Wake up Charlie let’s go home…

Dance all night with a bottle in my hand…

Hard, Ain't It Hard

Woody Guthrie

Key: G

GThere is a house in this old town,
 And tChat's where my true love lays aroDund.
 And he taGkes other women right dCown on his knee
 And he tGells them a tDale he won't tell Gme.
 It's hGard and it's hard, ain't it hCard
 To loGve one that never did love yDou?
 It's hGard, and it's hard, ain't it hCard, great God,
 To lGove one that neDver will be trGue

First time I seen my true love

He was walkin' by my door.

The next time I saw his false hearted smile

He was layin' dead and cold on floor.

Don't go to drinkin' or to gamblin',

Don't go there your sorrows to drown.

That hard-liquor place is a low-down disgrace,

It's the meanest old place in this town

Rove Riley Rove

traditional

Key: G

GI went up on a mountain
CGave my horn a blow
GThought I hear my true love say
CYonder comes my beau

Rove Riley Rove

Rove Riley Rove

Rove Riley poor boy

Ain’t got nowhere to go

Mama give me meat

Daddy give me bread

Pretty girl give me one sweet kiss

Like to done killed me dead

Possum is a funny thing

He rambles in the dark

Only time you know he's there

Is when you hear old Ranger bark

Daddy had a great big house

A hundred stories high

Every story in that house

Was filled with chicken pie

Went up on a mountain

Done stripped me a load of cane

Make me a barrel of molasses

Sweet Miss Liza Jane

Take a Whiff on Me

Memphis Jug Band

Key: G

GGoing down Sixth Street, coming down Main
CTrying to bum a nickel for to buy cocaine
DHey, hey, honey take a whiff on Gme

Take a whiff on me, take a whiff on me

All you rounders take a whiff on me

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

I've got a woman, she's ten feet tall

Her head in the kitchen, feet in the hall

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Two old women fishing in a creek

ain't caught a man since late last week

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

Cocaine's for horses not for men

doctor say it'll kill you but he won't say when

Hey, hey, honey take a whiff on me

I'm a-walkin' down the road with my hat in my hand

Lookin' for a woman who needs a banjo man,

Hey, hey, baby take a whiff on me.

Miss Me When I'm Gone

Carter Family

Key: A

AYou're going to miss me when I'm gone
 You're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone
 You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone
AYou're going to miss me by my walk
 You're going to Dmiss me by my talk
 You Aknow, you're going to Dmiss me when I'm Agone

You're going to miss me by my hair

You're going to miss me everywhere

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

You're going to miss me by my knees

You're going to miss me if you please

You know, you're going to miss me when I'm gone

 Oh when I'm Dgone, When I'm Agone
 You know, you're going to miss me when I'm Egone
 You're going to Amiss me by my walk
 You're going to Dmiss me by my talk
 You know, you're going to Emiss me when I'm Agone

Angel Band

traditional

Key: A

AMy latest sun is Dsinking Afast,
 My race is Enearly Arun,
 My longest trials Dnow are Apassed,
 My triumph Ehas Abegun
EOh come angel Aband,
ECome and around me Astand,
DBear me away on your Asnow white wings,
 To my immortal EhomeA 
DBear me away on your Asnow white wings,
 To my Eimmortal Ahome

Oh, bear my loving heart to him

Who bled and died for me,

Whose blood now cleanses from all sins,

And give me victory

I've almost reached my heavenly home,

My spirit loudly sings,

The holy ones, behold they come,

I hear the noise of wings

Omie Wise

traditional

Key: C

 Come Call of you, children, I'll tell you no Flies
 How GJohn Lewis did murder Flittle Omie CWise.

He told her to meet him at Adamsville Spring

He said he'd bring her money and many other fine things.

Like a fool, well she met him at Adamsville Springs

he brought her no money nor any other fine things.

"Now get up behind me, to Squireville we'll go"

And off the did ride to where deep waters flow.

"John Lewis, John Lewis, will you tell me your mind?

Do you intend to marry me or leave me behind?"

"Little Omie, little Omie, I'll tell you my mind.

My mind is to drown you and leave you behind."

"Have mercy on my baby and spare me my life,

I'll go distracted and never be your wife."

He kissed her and hugged her and turned her around,

Then pushed her in deep waters where he knew that she would drown.

He got on his pony and away he did ride,

the screams of dear Omie went down by his side.

John Lewis he rode back in to Adamsville Hall

asked around for Omie, heard she won't be gone for very long

They threw John Lewis into the county jail

there he remained with no one to pay his bail

Lonesome Road Blues

traditional

Key: A

No chord chart available.

Erie Canal

Thomas S. Allen

Key: G

 I've Emgot a D/F#mule and her Gname is EmSal,
 15 miles on the B7Erie CaEmnal
 She's a good old D/F#worker and a Ggood old Empal,
 15 miles on the B7Erie CaEmnal
 We've Ghauled some barges in our Dday
Amfilled with lumber, coal and Emhay
 And every D/F#inch of the Gway we Emknow
 From Albany to B7BuffaEmlo.
GLow bridge, everyDbody down
GLow bridge 'cause we're Dcoming to a town
 And you'll Emalways know your D/F#neighbor,
 you'll Galways know your Empal
 If you've ever navigated on the B7Erie CaEmnal.

Better look around for a job old gal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

You bet your life I'd never part with Sal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Get up there mule here comes a lock

We'll make Rome 'bout six o clock

One more trip and back we'll go

Right back home to Buffalo

Where would I be if I lost my pal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

I like to see a mule as good as my Sal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

A friend of mine once got a sore

Now he's got a broken jaw

'Cause she left fly with a iron toe

And kicked him back to Buffalo

Jesse James

traditional

Key: G

GJesse James was a man, the Cfinest in the land
GHe robbed the Glendale trDain
GHe stole from the rich and Cgave to the poor
GHe had a heDart, a soul and a brGain

It was on a Friday night the moon was shining bright

They robbed the Glendale train

And people all did say, from many miles away

It was those outlaws Frank and Jesse James

CJesse had a wife who mourned for his lGife
 Three children, they were brDave
GThat dirty little coward who shCot Mr. Howard
 Has lGaid Jesse JaDmes in his grGave

It was Robert Ford that dirty little coward

I wonder how he does feel

For he ate of Jesse's bread and slept in Jesse's bed

and he laid Jesse James in his grave

He was standing on a chair just dustin' a picture there

Thought that he heard a noise

He turned his head around and the bullet smashed him down

and they laid poor Jesse on the floor

People held their breath

when they heard about his death

wondered how he ever came to fall

It was Robert Ford, that little coward,

shot Jesse while he hung a picture on the wall

Tennessee Waltz

traditional

Key: G

 I was Gdancin' with my darlin to the G7Tennessee CWaltz
 When an Gold friend I Emhappened to Asee. D 
 I introcduced him to my darlin' and G7while they were Cdancin'
 my Gfriend stole my Dsweetheart from Gme.
 I Gremember the G7night and the CTennessee GWaltz
 'cause I know just how Emmuch I have Alost D 
 Yes I Glost my little darlin' the G7night they were Cplayin'
 That Gbeautiful DTennessee GWaltz

Now I wonder how a dance like the Tennessee Waltz

Could have broken my heart so complete

Well I couldn't blame my darlin', and who could help fallin'

In love with my darlin' so sweet

Well it must be the fault of the Tennessee Waltz

Wish I'd known just how much it would cost

But I didn't see it commin', it's all over but the cryin'

Blame it all on the Tennessee Waltz

She goes dancin' with the darkness to the Tennessee Waltz

and I feel like I'm falling apart

and it's stronger than drink and it's deeper than sorrow

this darkness she left in my heart

Raleigh & Spencer

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Summertime

George Gershwin

Key: G

EmSummertime,

and the livin' is easy

Am7Fish are jumpin'
 and the Emcotton is B7high C7 B7 
EmYour daddy's rich,

and your momma's good lookin'

 So Ghush little baby,
C7don't B7you Emcry

One of these mornings,

you're gonna rise up singing

Then you'll spread your wings

and you'll take to the sky

But till that morning,

there's a nothin' can harm you

With daddy and mommy

by your side

Shady Grove

traditional

Key: B

BmShady Grove, my little love
 Shady Grove I F#7say
BmShady Grove, my little love
 I'm F#7bound to go Bmaway

When I was a little boy

I wanted a Barlow knife

And now I want little Shady Grove

To say she'll be my wife

Peaches in the summertime

Apples in the fall

If I can't get the girl I love

I don't want none at all

Wish I had a banjo string

Made of golden twine

I'd play that song on my banjo string

And make that girly mine

Some come here to fiddle and dance

Sme come here to tarry

Some come here to fiddle and dance

I come here to marry

Tunes

Cold Frosty Morning

traditional

Key: G

A part

Am G 
Am  G Am 

B part

Am G 
Am C D Am G Am 

Darling Corey

traditional

Key: G

No chord chart available.

The Cuckoo

traditional

Key: B

BmOh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird,
 and she warF#7bles, as she Bmflies

And she never, hollers cuckoo,

 until the 4th F#7day, of Bmuly

Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds,

I knowed you from old

You rob my, poor pockets,

of my silver, and my gold

Going to build me a log cabin

on a mountain so high,

So I can see Kevin

as he goes on by

I played cards in England

I played cards in Spain

I'll bet you $100

I'll beat you next game

Miss Ferris

John Hartford

Key: D

 Now DI had a teacher when GI went to school,
 She loved the river, and she taDught about it too.
 I'se a Gpretty bad boy, but she cDalled my bluff,
 With her gDreat big collection of stGeamboat stuff. Oh, yDeah!

She had log-books and bells and the things like that,

And she knew the old captains and where they were at.

She rode the Alabama and the Gordon C. Green,

As the Cape Girardeau, she was later renamed, Uh-huh.

 But her vGery favorite, as you all know,
 Was the GoDlden Eagle, Captain Buck's old boat.
 ThGis old stern wheeler sank and went to heaven,
 When DI was in the fourth grade, in nAineteen forty-seven, Uh-huh!

Well, now, fast people in St. Louis society

A-takin' a trip on the Mississippi

Sleepin' in their bunks after an after-dinner drink

They didn't think the boat would sink. Oh, no!

Well, I know Captain Buck was a very sad man

When that old wooden hull went into the sand

And Miss Ferris was sad for sure

But immediately, her mind went to work. Oh, yeah!

Well, she did some politicking that was tricky and hard

And she got the pilot house for the schoolhouse yard

And so, instead of studying, I became a dreamer

Dreaming 'bout boats and the Mississippi River. Uh-huh.

I had to work real hard to get my school work done

Cause you could not fool Miss Ferris none;

And, if I went to sleep or I were not supposed to talk

Oh, she was a dead shot with a little piece of chalk. Uh-huh!{soc}

Oh me, oh my, how the time does fly.

Time and the river keep a-rollin' on by.

Now, I am not a student and she is not a teacher

But, we both still love the Mississippi River. Uh, huh.

Well, I went to see her this Christmas last.

We took a little trip back through the past.

On the easy rocker we looked at pictures

And we dreamed our dreams of the Mississippi River. Uh-huh!

Hop High Lulu

traditional

Key: A

AWell where did you get them Ghigh top Ashoes?
 And that dress that you Gwear so Afine?
 I got my shoes from a Grailroading Aman
 And my dress is from a driver Gin the Amine
Dhop high, hop high
 Hop high my Elulu Agirl
Dhop high, hop high
 Hop high my Elulu Agirl

Well where have you been my pretty lulu girl?

Where have you been so long?

Well I've been in the pen with the rough and rowdy men

And honey I'm goin' back again

Well I'll pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain

I'll pawn you my gold wedding ring

To pay my little lulu girl's fine

I'll pawn you my wagon and my team

Mole in the Ground

traditional

Key: D

DI wish I was a mole in the ground
 Yes, I wish I was a mole in the Aground
 If I's a Dmole in the ground
 I'd Groot that mountain down
 And I Dwish I was a Amole in the Dground

Oh, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Yes, I wish I was a lizard in the spring

If I's a lizard in the spring

I'd hear my darlin' sing

And I wish I was a lizard in the spring

Oh, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Yes, Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

With a nine dollar shawl

She could beat them all in all

Kempe wants a nine dollar shawl

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

Kempe, let your hair roll down

Let your hair roll down

and your bangs curl round

Oh Kempe, let your hair roll down

I been in the bend so long

Yes, I been in the bend so long

I been in the bend

with the rough and rowdy men

Baby, where you been so long?

Oh, I don't like a railroad man

No, I don't like a railroad man

Oh the railroad man

He'll kill you if he can

Drink up your blood like wine

On This Cold Prison Wall

George Tolbert

Key: C

No chord chart available.

Tunes

Whiskey for Breakfast

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Soldiers Joy

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Froggie Went A'Courtin

traditional

Key: D

DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride, hey, hey.
DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride, hAey, hey.
DFroggie went a - courtin and he did ride,
GSword and pistol by his side, Dheyhey, Aheyhey, Dheyhey

Rode till he come to Miss Mouse's door, hey hey (x2)

Rode till he come to Miss Mouse's door

Gave three raps upon that door

Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within? Hey, hey (x2)

Said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?"

"Yes, I just sat down to spin."

Well, he went right in and took he on his knee. Hey, hey. (x2)

Went a-right in an' took'er on his knee,

I'm set in this town, till you marry me.

DYou get a line and I'll get a pole, Honey,
 You get a line and I'll get a pole, ABabe,
DYou get a line and I'll get a pole,
 And Gwe'll go down to that crawdad hole,
DHoney, BAaby mDine.

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Honey,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry, Babe,

What you gonna do when the lake goes dry,

Gonna sit on the bank and watch the crawdads die,

Honey, Baby mine.

Who will the wedding guests all be? Hey, hey (x2)

Who will the wedding guests all be?

A lady bug and a bumble bee.

So, here's the endin', 1, 2, 3 Hey, hey (x2)

here's the end with a-one, two, three,

A snake and a frog and a-Miss Mousie.

Angeline the Baker

traditional

Key: D

No chord chart available.

Tunes

Battle of New Orleans

traditional

Key: C

 In C1814 we took a little trip
 Along with Colonel Jackson down the Gmighty Mississippi
 We Ctook a little bacon and we took a little beans
 And we Fcaught the bloody British in the Gtown of New OrCleans

We fired our guns and the British kept a-comin'

There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago

We fired once more and they began to runnin'

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We looked down the river and we seed the British come

And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum

They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring

We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise

If we didn't fire our muskets 'till we looked 'em in the eyes

We held our fire 'till we seed their faces well

Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em wellllll...

Yeah they ran through the briers and they ran through the brambles

And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go

They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em

On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

We fired our cannon 'till the barrel melted down

So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round

We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind

And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Wildwood Flower

traditional

Key: C

CI will twine with my mingles and Gwaving black Chair
 with the roses so red and the Glilies so Cfair
 with the myrtle so bright and the Femerald Cdew
 with the pale amenitas and the Geyes look like Cblue

I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay

I will charm every heart, in his arms I will sway

when I woke from my dreaming, my idols was clay

All portion of love had all gone away

He taught me to love him and promised to love

and to cherish me over all others above

How my heart is now aching no misery can tell

he left me no warning, no words of farewell

He taught me to love him and called me his flower

that was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour

How I long to see him and regret the dark hour

he's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower

CC Rider

traditional

Key: C

CCC Rider, see what you gone C7done
FCC Rider, see what you gone Cdone
FCC Rider, see what you gone Cdone
Ghey, hey, Fhey, Chey

You made me love you, now your man done come ...

Standin in the kitchen in that morning gown ...

Lookin right at her when that sun went down ...

My home is on the water, I don't like the land at all ...