THE BOYS FROM NORTH CAROLINA by John Hartford Live From Mountain Stage Album Thanks for lyrics to: GUEST,rphipps at triad.rr.com on Mudcat Cafe Banjo Tuned [E], NoCapo, Key of [C] CD Capo 3 Verne Garrison July 7, 2009 [C] [F] [C] Some say it comes a rolling down the hollers of Ole Ireland [C] [F] [G7] [C] Not the mountains of East Tennessee from back in North Carolina [F] [C] The Scottish tones and Indian bones the wails of Railroad liners [F] [G7] [C] They helped along that old time song the boys from North Carolina [F] [C] Well it road and growed all in the west way out in old Missouri [C] [F] [G7] [C] And then took off around the world like lightning in its furry [F] [C] There ain't no age you sound to strained in major or in minor [F] [C] Disappears all in the years [F] [C] Rings a Laugh through out the tears [G7] [C] The boys from North Carolina Kentucky is the bluegrass state her sunny skies define her The Western Slope of East Tennessee there nothin' could be finer The Northern boys that make more noise to pick could not be finer To make that sound and get it down it helps if you have been around The boy from North Carolina Well I stood in line around the block right back here at the Ryman To hear that lick that old mule kick from the boy from North Carolina Gastonia to Boiling Springs from Flint Hill back to Charlotte Still trying to find the place of birth Still talking about who played it first Of the boys from North Carolina Repeat the last verse THE BOYS FROM NORTH CAROLINA by John Hartford Live From Mountain Stage Album Thanks for lyrics to: GUEST,rphipps at triad.rr.com on Mudcat Cafe Banjo Tuned [E], NoCapo, Key of [C] CD Capo 3 Verne Garrison July 7, 2009 [C] [F] [C] Some say it comes a rolling down the hollers of Ole Ireland [C] [F] [G7] [C]
Not the mountains of East Tennessee from back in North Carolina [F] [C] The Scottish tones and Indian bones the wails of Railroad liners [F] [G7] [C] They helped along that old time song the boys from North Carolina [F] [C] Well it road and growed all in the west way out in old Missouri [C] [F] [G7] [C] And then took off around the world like lightning in its furry [F] [C] There ain't no age you sound to strained in major or in minor [F] [C] Disappears all in the years [F] [C] Rings a Laugh through out the tears [G7] [C] The boys from North Carolina Kentucky is the bluegrass state her sunny skies define her The Western Slope of East Tennessee there nothin' could be finer The Northern boys that make more noise to pick could not be finer To make that sound and get it down it helps if you have been around The boy from North Carolina Well I stood in line around the block right back here at the Ryman To hear that lick that old mule kick from the boy from North Carolina Gastonia to Boiling Springs from Flint Hill back to Charlotte Still trying to find the place of birth Still talking about who played it first Of the boys from North Carolina Repeat the last verse
John Hartford Chords & Tabs List
- All In My Love For You Chords
- Annual Waltz Chords
- Back In The Goodle Days Chords
- Big Blue Balloon Chords
- Blame It On Joann Chords
- Boys From North Carolina Chords
- Bring Your Clothes Back Home Chords
- Cattletsburg Chords
- Chicken Oh Chicken Chords
- Corncob Blues Chords
- Cross-eyed Child Chords
- Cuckoo's Nest Chords
- Delta Queen Waltz Chords
- Dig A Hole Chords
- Dixie Truckers Home Chords
- Doing My Time Chords
- Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off the Game, Babe Chords
- Don't Leave Your Records In The Sun Chords
- Down On The Levee Chords
- Fräulein Chords
- Front Porch Chords
- Gather Round The Tv Chords
- General Jackson Chords
- Girl With Her Hair Hanged Down Chords
- Girl With The Long Brown Hair Chords
- Goin' Back To Dixie Chords
- Going Backto Old Kentucky Chords
- Goodbye Waltz Chords
- Got No Place To Gp Chords
- Gum Tree Canoe Chords
- Here I Am In Love Again Chords
- High Dad In The Morning Chords
- How Come You're Being So Good To Me Chords
- Howard Hughes Blues Chords
- I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long Chords
- I Know You Don't Love Me No More Chords
- I Wish We Had Our Time Again Chords
- I Wonder Where You Are Tonight Chords
- I'm Still Here Chords
- I've Heard That Tearstained Monologue You Do... Chords
- If I Should Wander Back Tonight Chords
- Immanuel Cant Chords
- In Plain View Of The Town Chords
- In Tall Buildings Chords
- Jack's In The Sack Chords
- Keep On Truckin' Chords
- Lady Jane Chords
- Late Last Night When My Willie Come Home Chords
- Learning To Smile All Over Again Chords
- Lefthanded Woman Chords
- Let Him Go On Mama Chords
- Like Unto A Mockingbird Chords
- Little Boy Chords
- Little Old Lonesome Circle Chords
- Long Hot Summer Days Chords
- Lost Indian Chords
- Love Grown Cold Chords
- Medicine Chest Chords
- Men All Want To Be Hobos Chords
- Miss Ferris Chords
- Mississippi Queen Chords
- Morning Bugle Chords
- My Tears Don't Show Chords
- Natchez Whistle Chords
- Natural To Be Gone Chords
- No End Of Love Chords
- No Expectations Chords
- Nobody Eats At Linebaughs Anymore Chords
- Nobody Knows What You Do Chords
- Oh When My Body Stops Chords
- Old Electric Washing Machine Chords
- Old Time River Man Chords
- On Christmas Eve Chords
- Over The Mountain Chords
- Owl Feather Chords
- Queen Of Rock & Roll Chords
- Right In The Middle Falling For You Chords
- Secesch (shiloh) Chords
- Sexual Harassment Chords
- Shoot That Turkey Buzzard Chords
- Short Life Of Trouble Chords
- Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Chords
- Six O'Clock Train and a Girl With Green Eyes Chords
- Slumberin' On The Cumberland Chords
- Somewhere My Love Chords
- Steam Powered Aereoplane Chords
- Steamboat Whistle Blues Chords
- Take Me Back To My Mississippi Home Chords
- The Annual Waltz Chords
- The Burning Of The Grand Republic Chords
- The False Hearted Tenor Waltz Chords
- The First Girl I Loved Chords
- The Girl I Left Behind Me Chords
- The Golden Globe Award Chords
- Them Way Long Ago Times Chords
- There'll Never Be Another You Chords
- Trying to Do Something to Get Your Attention Chords
- Two Hits And The Joint Turned Brown Chords
- Untangle Your Mind Chords
- Waltz Of The Golden Rule Chords
- Waltz Of The Mississippi Chords
- Watching The River Go By Chords
- Way Down The River Road Chords
- We Did Our Best Chords
- When Guiding Star Came To Tell Cit Chords
- When The Dinner Bell Rings Chords
- Where Is Your Heart Tonight? Chords
- Where The Old Red River Flows Chords
- Who's That? Chords
- Will You Be Lonesome Too? Chords
- Wonder Woman Chords
- You Don't Have To Do That Chords
- You Don't Notice Me Ignoring You Chords