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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2378111,"song":"Old Hickory","artist":"Old Crow Medicine Show","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2378111-old-hickory-chords-by-old-crow-medicine-show/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2378111?type=chord","rating":4.75796,"votes":108,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nVirgil Lee was a mighty man[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe could outrun the L&N[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCaught a wild cat and made him his friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was a flat woods boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCaught his learnin' from a runnin' brook[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTaught him go with the flow and don't get hooked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut Virgil Lee kindly mistook[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe devil for a dear friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou can fool all the jokers with diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou can playboy ramblin' roots[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can lie like a penny on the CNO line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the good Lord knows the truth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nJust like an old hickory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothin' that's left but the memory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt was Gainsboro at the Glow Worm Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were passin' around a jug and a guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nVirgil picked it like an Opry star[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI mean the boy was on fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI said, \"Hey Virgil Lee, where'd you get that stuff?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I don't know, I guess I made it up?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWell sometimes an empty cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust overflows[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd all that summer was fire and rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nVirgil Lee started nursin' the pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n'Til every one of them songs he would play\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas twisted, falling down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLike an old hickory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothin' that's left but the memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLaid him out in his overalls[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause when you get too big for your breeches well that's all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHung his fiddle and his flat top guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUp in the high school gym[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNobody remembers his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't say anyone's to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne of these times you gotta hear him play[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was the greatest that's ever been[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou can fool all the jokers with diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou can playboy ramblin' roots[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can lie like a penny on the CNO line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the good Lord knows the truth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nJust like an old hickory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothin' that's left but the memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOld hickory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothin' that's left but the memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh and that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA Bm D A\nA Bm D A\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA Bm D A\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n'Til every one of them songs he would play\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA Bm D A\nA Bm D A\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","Bm","D","C#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}