Old Crow Medicine Show

Old Hickory(Chords)

Old Crow Medicine Show

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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 
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 

A Bm Just like a 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
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 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
A Bm Like a 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
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 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
A Bm Just like a 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

Written by Critter Fuqua/Ketch Secor

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