Intro
G C G D (3x)
G C D G
verse 1
C
I slammed shut the old door
G D
I walked across the cold floor
G C G D
Grabbed my banjo from the corner and my fiddle from the bed
G C
Tired of being so poor
G D
I could eat a dinosaur
G C D G C G D G
It’s hard to feel the music when you feel so underfed
verse 2
C
I left down a dark lane
G D
I looked through a window pane
G C G D
Saw rich folks sleeping on their satin and their lace
G C
Folks who never felt the rain
G D
Folks who never jumped a train
G C D G C G D G
Folks who never slept on a banjo case
F G
Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little
F G
Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle
F C
They both left me their Tennessee touch___
G F C G
And I said thank you very much, very much, very much
Interlude
Bb F G F G Bb F G F
verse 3
G C
I headed for a pawn shop
G D
I thought I’d make a quick swap
G C G D
I would trade my future for some cash in my pocket
G C
Before I got to make my drop
G D
Something eerie made me stop
G C D G C G D G
And bring that fiddle to my chin like a rocket
verse 4
C
The sound grew like a bad weed
G D
And leaped like a swift steed
G C G D
Like a runaway wagon, it went coursing through the air
G C
I played it like a done deed
G D
I sang like a soul freed
G C D G C G D G
I wasn’t poor, I was a millionaire
F G
Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little
F G
Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle
F C
They both left me their Tennessee touch___
G F C G
And I said thank you very much, very much, very much
Instrumental
Bb F G F G Bb F G F G
G C G D (3x)
G C D G C G D G
Verse 5
C
Oh, it thundered like a stampede
G D
It shook me like a bent reed
G C G D
Like a runaway wagon, it went coursing through the air
G C
I played it like a done deed
G D
I sang like a soul freed
G C D G C G D G
I wasn’t poor, I was a millionaire
F G
Oh, Momma and Dad passed away when I was little
F G
Momma left the banjo and Daddy left the fiddle
F C
They both left me their Tennessee touch___
G F C G
And I said thank you very much, very much, very much
N.C.
Thank you very much
Outro
G Bb G D G Bb F G F G F G F
G Bb F G F G Bb F G F G