{"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":974999,"song":"Big Rock Candy Mountain","artist":"Harry McClintock","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621041-big-rock-candy-mountain-chords-by-harry-mcclintock/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/974999?type=chord","rating":4.75295,"votes":870,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the track came a hobo hiking and he said, \"Boys, I'm not turning\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm headed for a land that's far away besides the crystal fountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come with me, we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\non the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees, the lemonade springs where the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbluebird sings in the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft-boiled eggs [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe farmers' trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow, where the rain don't fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe wind don't blow in the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the little streams of alcohol come a trickling down the rocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a lake of stew and of whiskey too, you can paddle all around 'em in a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbig canoe in the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you can walk right out again as soon as you are in[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, saws or picks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a gonna stay where you sleep all day, where they[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhung the Turk that invented work[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nin the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll see you all this comin' fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC G C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC       F   C\nF C F C\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}