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A Nickel For The Fiddler By Guy Clark
Key C
[Intro]
Am    C Am
Am    C Am
[Verse 1]
Well it's a Fnickel for the Gfiddler, It's a Cnickel for his Ftune
It's a Cnickel for the Ftambourine kind of afterGnoon
And it's a Fhigh holiGday on the C21st of FJune
And it's Ccountry music Fin the park and Geverybody's Cruined
[Instrumental break] 
|    C|    C|    C|   C   G|
|    Am|   Am   C|    Am|   Am   C  
[Verse 2]
Well it's Ffountains full of Gdogs and kids and it's Cfreaky apple Fpie
And it's the Cones who came to Fplay and the ones just passin' Gby
And it’s Fcoats of many Gcolors and it Calmost makes me Fcry
Lord it's Cice cream on a Fstick and it's Gsomethin' you can'Ct buy.
[Instrumental break]
|      C|     C|      C|    C|
|   G   Am|    Am|   C   Am|   Am|
|    C  
[Verse 3] 
Well, it's a Ffiddler from KenGtucky who Cswears he's 8F3
And he's Cfiddled every Fcontest from here to cripple Gcreek
And it's Fold ones and it's Gyoung ones and it's Cplain they half aFgreed
But it's Ccountry music Fin the park as Gfar as they can Csee
[Instrumental break]
|      C|     C|      C|    C|
|   G   Am|    Am|   C   Am|   Am|
|    C  
[Verse 4]
Well it's a Fnickel for the Gfiddler, It's a Cnickel for his Ftune
It's a Cnickel for the Ftambourine kind of afterGnoon
And it's a Fhigh holiGday on the C21st of FJune
And it's Ccountry music Fin the park and Geverybody's Cruined
[Instrumental break] 
|     C|      C|     C|   C    G|
|    Am|   Am   C|    Am|   Am   C|
|     C|      C|

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A Nickel For The Fiddler

by Guy Clark

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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A Nickel For The Fiddler By Guy Clark

Key C

[Intro]

Am C Am

[Verse 1]

F G C F

Well it's a nickel for the fiddler, It's a nickel for his tune

C F G

It's a nickel for the tambourine kind of afternoon

F G C F

And it's a high holiday on the 21st of June

C F G C

And it's country music in the park and everybody's ruined

[Instrumental break]

C C C C G

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Am Am C Am Am C

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[Verse 2]

F G C F

Well it's fountains full of dogs and kids and it's freaky apple pie

C F G

And it's the ones who came to play and the ones just passin' by

F G C F

And it’s coats of many colors and it almost makes me cry

C F G C

Lord it's ice cream on a stick and it's somethin' you can't buy.

[Instrumental break]

C C C C

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G Am Am C Am Am

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[Verse 3]

F G C F

Well, it's a fiddler from Kentucky who swears he's 83

C F G

And he's fiddled every contest from here to cripple creek

F G C F

And it's old ones and it's young ones and it's plain they half agreed

C F G C

But it's country music in the park as far as they can see

[Instrumental break]

C C C C

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G Am Am C Am Am

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[Verse 4]

F G C F

Well it's a nickel for the fiddler, It's a nickel for his tune

C F G

It's a nickel for the tambourine kind of afternoon

F G C F

And it's a high holiday on the 21st of June

C F G C

And it's country music in the park and everybody's ruined

[Instrumental break]

C C C C G

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Am Am C Am Am C

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C C

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