Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays586

Hand Me Down My Walking Cane by Norman Blake is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Chords by bluerabbit10 (Jan 27, 2005) 
 
Banjo tuning (adgbd) 
No capo?.or try it at 2 also 
 
 
(D) Hand me down my walking cane 
Hand me (A)down my walking (D) cane 
Hand me (G) down my walking cane 
I?m going to (D) leave on the midnight train 
My (A) sins, they have overtaken (D) me 
 
(D) I got drunk, got thrown in jail 
I got drunk,(A) got thrown in (D) jail 
I got drunk (G) got thrown in jail 
Had nobody (D) for to go my bail 
My (A) sins, they have overtaken(D) me 
 
(D) If I die in Tennessee 
If (A) I die in (D) Tennessee 
If (G) I die in Tennessee 
Ship me (D) back C. O. D 
My sins,(A), they have overtaken (D)me 
 
 
There are many, many more verses 
    	

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