G                                    A
1. Through the long grass, past the tall trees, 
D
there's a cabin nestlin? in the pines,
  G                                  A
and my sweetheart?s catchin? small fish 
D
with a cane and a bent pin on a line.
G                     A                    Bm
So if you?re passing close by, please, 
D                             A                     D
come and join us, join our company. 

       G                          A
2. There's my daddy on the front porch,
D
with a lazy hound lying by his feet, 
  G                       A
and my mama's in the kitchen, 
D
with the table all ready set to eat.
 G                     A                 Bm
So if you?re passing close by, please, 
  D                A                               D      A  G
come and join us, join our company. 

  D                                              G
Oh oh oh, oh, just want to be there,
A                                            G                                D - A - G
underneath the sun and beneath the deep,blue sky.
 D                                            G
Oh oh oh, oh, just want to be there,
  A                                        G                          D - A - G
even when it rains and it pours, it?s a paradise. 

+ D - G - A (2x) - D 
Doo doo?.

      G                             A
3. Cousin Norman comes a courting 
D
with the same girl every single day, 
  G                                           A
he?s got a stammer, like a hammer 
D
you can't understand a word that he s-says. 
  G                   A                   Bm
So if you?re passing close by, please, 
D                 A                                D - A - G
come and join us, join our company. 

  D                                              G
Oh oh oh, oh, just want to be there,
A                                            G                                D - A - G
underneath the sun and beneath the deep,blue sky.
 D                                            G
Oh oh oh, oh, just want to be there,
  A                                        G                          D - A - G
even when it rains and it pours, it?s a paradise. 
. 

+ repeat CHORUS ?