Tabbed By: ampr8slayer Email: ampr8slayer@gmail.com Standard Tuning (e B G D A e) Chords: C G F e|------0----------3----------1---------------------------------------------| B|------1----------0----------1---------------------------------------------| G|------0----------0----------2---------------------------------------------| D|------2----------0----------3---------------------------------------------| A|------3----------2--------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------3--------------------------------------------------------| The intro goes something like this: e|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------| B|---------1------------1-----------1---------------------------------------| G|---------0------------0-----------0---------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------0-----2------------------------| A|-----3-------0-----3-----0-----0--------3-----3-------3-------------------| E|--3-------------3-----------3---------------------------------------------| C One evening as the sun went down F C And the jungle fires were burning, C Down the track came a hobo hiking, F C And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning F C F C I'm headed for a land that's far away C G Besides the crystal fountains C So come with me, we'll go and see F C The Big Rock Candy Mountains C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, F C There's a land that's fair and bright, F C Where the handouts grow on bushes G And you sleep out every night. C Where the boxcars all are empty F C And the sun shines every day F C And the birds and the bees F C And the cigarette trees F C The lemonade springs F C Where the bluebird sings G C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains F C All the cops have wooden legs F C And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth G And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs C The farmers' trees are full of fruit F C And the barns are full of hay F C Oh I'm bound to go F C Where there ain't no snow F C Where the rain don't fall F C The winds don't blow G C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains F C You never change your socks F C And the little streams of alcohol G Come trickling down the rocks C The brakemen have to tip their hats F C And the railway bulls are blind F C There's a lake of stew F C And of whiskey too F C You can paddle all around it F C In a big canoe G C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, F C The jails are made of tin. F C And you can walk right out again, G As soon as you are in. C There ain't no short-handled shovels, F C No axes, saws nor picks, F C I'm bound to stay F C Where you sleep all day, F C Where they hung the jerk F C That invented work G C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains. *same chords for whistling* F C F C I'll see you all this coming fall G C In the Big Rock Candy Mountains