Old Kentucky Home

Written by: Randy Newman
From: "12 Songs" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

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Verse 1

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Turpentine and dandelion wine
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I've turned the corner, I'm doin' fine
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Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line
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Pickin' them off with this gun o' mine
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I got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head
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Growing higher and higher 'till I'm dead

Verse 2

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Sister Sue she's short and stout
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She didn't grow up, she grew out
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Mama thinks she's plain, but she's just being kind
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Papa thinks she's pretty, but he's almost blind
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We don't let her out much except at night
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But I don't care 'cause I'm all right

Chorus

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O-ho, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
        A                       E
And the young folks roll on the floor
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Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
     A                E           A
Keep them hard times away from my door

Verse 3

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Brother Gene, he's big and mean
       A7                 D
And he don't have much to say
D                         A
Got a little woman who he whooped each day
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But now she's gone away
    D                        A
Got drunk last night, kicked mama down the stairs
    E                         A
But I'm all right, so I don't care

Chorus

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O-ho, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
        A                       E
And the young folks roll on the floor
        A                       D            A
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
     A                E           A
Keep them hard times away from my door

Verse 4

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Turpentine and dandelion wine
     A7                     D
I've turned the corner, I'm doin' fine
D                            A
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line
E                          A
Pickin' them off with this gun o' mine
         D                     A
I got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head
        E                           A
Growing higher and higher 'till I'm dead

Solo

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