Old Hickory

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[Intro]
A Bm D A
A Bm D A
[Verse 1]
A Bm
Virgil Lee was a mighty man
D A
He could outrun the L&N
A Bm
Caught a wild cat and made him his friend
D A
He was a flat woods boy
A Bm
Caught his learnin' from a runnin' brook
D A
Taught him go with the flow and don't get hooked
A Bm
But Virgil Lee kindly mistook
D A
The devil for a dear friend
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bm
You can fool all the jokers with diamonds
C#m
You can playboy ramblin' roots
D
You can lie like a penny on the CNO line
E
But the good Lord knows the truth
[Chorus]
A Bm
Just like an old hickory
D A
Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down
A Bm
There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory
D A
And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory
[Interlude]
A Bm D A
[Verse 2]
A Bm
It was Gainsboro at the Glow Worm Bar
D A
We were passin' around a jug and a guitar
A Bm
Virgil picked it like an Opry star
D A
I mean the boy was on fire
A Bm
I said, "Hey Virgil Lee, where'd you get that stuff?"
D A
He said, "I don't know, I guess I made it up?"
A Bm
Well sometimes an empty cup
D A
Just overflows
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bm C#m
And all that summer was fire and rain
D
Virgil Lee started nursin' the pain
'Til every one of them songs he would play
E
Was twisted, falling down
[Chorus]
A Bm
Like an old hickory
D A
Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down
A Bm
There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory
D A
And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory
[Interlude]
A Bm D A
A Bm D A
[Verse 3]
A Bm
Laid him out in his overalls
D A
'Cause when you get too big for your breeches well that's all
A Bm
Hung his fiddle and his flat top guitar
D A
Up in the high school gym
A Bm
Nobody remembers his name
D A
And I can't say anyone's to blame
A Bm
One of these times you gotta hear him play
D A
He was the greatest that's ever been
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Bm
You can fool all the jokers with diamonds
C#m
You can playboy ramblin' roots
D
You can lie like a penny on the CNO line
E
But the good Lord knows the truth
[Chorus]
A Bm
Just like an old hickory
D A
Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down
A Bm
There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory
D
And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut
A Bm
Old hickory
D A
Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down
A Bm
There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory
D A
And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory
D A
Oh and that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory

Old Hickory chords and lyrics

Free chords for Old Hickory by Old Crow Medicine Show. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
A Bm D A
A Bm D A
[Verse 1]
[Pre-Chorus 1]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
A Bm D A
[Verse 2]
[Pre-Chorus 2]
'Til every one of them songs he would play
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
A Bm D A
A Bm D A
[Verse 3]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
[Chorus]

Old Hickory Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

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