{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":607797,"song":"Big Rock Candy Mountains","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572832-big-rock-candy-mountains-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607797?type=chord","rating":4.29893,"votes":18,"content":"Intro:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a summer's day in the month of May, a burly little bum come a-hiking,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTravelling down that lonesome road a-looking for his liking.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was headed for a land that was far away, beside them crystal fountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains.'[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks,[/tab]\r\n    G                 D             (G)                  A7     -- the (G) here is optional\r\nAnd little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks.\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe box cars all are empty and the railroad bulls are blind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's a lake of stew and whisky, too,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can paddle all around them in a big canoe[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nO the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRound the soda-water fountains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains, there's a land that's fair and bright,\r\nWhere the hand-outs grow on bushes and you sleep out every night,\r\nWhere the box cars all are empty, and the sun shines every day,\r\nO I'm bound to go, where there ain't no snow,\r\nWhere the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin,\r\nAnd you can bust right out again as soon as they put you in;\r\nThe farmer's trees are full of fruit, the barns are full of hay,\r\nI'm going to stay where you sleep all day,\r\nWhere they boiled in oil the inventor of toil\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains\r\n\r\nChorus","plain_text":"Intro:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n    G                 D             (G)                  A7     -- the (G) here is optional\nAnd little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks.\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains, there's a land that's fair and bright,\nWhere the hand-outs grow on bushes and you sleep out every night,\nWhere the box cars all are empty, and the sun shines every day,\nO I'm bound to go, where there ain't no snow,\nWhere the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.\n\nChorus\n\nVerse 3:\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin,\nAnd you can bust right out again as soon as they put you in;\nThe farmer's trees are full of fruit, the barns are full of hay,\nI'm going to stay where you sleep all day,\nWhere they boiled in oil the inventor of toil\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains\n\nChorus","chords":["D","A7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}