Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp     2/4     Kenny Rogers
Standard Tuning No Capo                    Transcribed by Ken Lee
				  Corrections or comments to kandvlee@shaw.ca
      / D (xx0232@1)                      /                                   / G (320003@1)                / DThe (xx0232@1)/ corn was dry, the / weeds were high when / Daddy took to / drinkin'
          / D (xx0232@1)                /                           / G (320003@1)                 / A7When (x02020@1)/ him and Lucy / Walker, they took / up and run a - / way.
D (xx0232@1)                 /                           / G (320003@1)                      / DMama (xx0232@1)cried a / tear and then she / promised fourteen / children,
   / G (320003@1)                      / A7 (x02020@1)              / D"I (xx0232@1)/ swear you'll never / see a hungry / day."

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            / D (xx0232@1)                        /                               / G (320003@1)                / DOh, (xx0232@1)the / path was deep and / wide, from footsteps / leading to our / cabin,
     / G (320003@1)                        / A7 (x02020@1)                  / DA (xx0232@1)- / bove the door there / burned a scarlet / lamp, and
D (xx0232@1)                  /                                   / G (320003@1)                         / DLate (xx0232@1)at night, a / hand would knock and / there would stand a / stranger,
G (320003@1)                / A7 (x02020@1)                / DI'm (xx0232@1)the son of / Hick'ry Holler's / tramp.

D (xx0232@1)                /                             / G (320003@1)                      / DMama (xx0232@1)sacri - / ficed her pride, and / neighbors started / talkin',
      / D (xx0232@1)                   /                         / G (320003@1)                           / A7But (x02020@1)/ I was much too / young to under - / stand the things they / said,
      / D (xx0232@1)                          /                        / G (320003@1)                    / DThe (xx0232@1)/ things that mattered / most of all was / Mama's chicken / dumplin's, and
   /  G (320003@1)                      / A7 (x02020@1)                 / DA (xx0232@1)/ goodnight kiss be- / fore we went to / bed.

          / D (xx0232@1)                  /                 / G (320003@1)                  / DWhen (xx0232@1)/ Daddy left, and / destitution / came upon our / fam'ly,
D (xx0232@1)                     /                      / G (320003@1)               / A7Not (x02020@1)one neighbor / volunteered to / give a helpin' / hand,
     / D (xx0232@1)                 /                           / G (320003@1)                     / DSo (xx0232@1)/ let 'em gossip / all they want; she / loved us and she / raised us.
      /  G (320003@1)                    / A7 (x02020@1)                   / DThe (xx0232@1)/ proof is standing / here, a full grown / man.

       / D (xx0232@1)                   /                           / G (320003@1)                     / DLast (xx0232@1)/ summer Mama / passed away and / left the ones who / loved her,
D (xx0232@1)                  /                          / G (320003@1)                 / A7Each (x02020@1)and ev'ry / one is more than / grateful for his / birth,
         / D (xx0232@1)                             /                 / G (320003@1)                   / GEach (320003@1)/ Sunday she receives a / fresh bou - / quet of fourteen / roses, and
   / G (320003@1)                               / A7 (x02020@1)                    / DA (xx0232@1)/ card that says, " To the / greatest Mom on / earth."

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