Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp 2/4 Kenny Rogers
Standard Tuning No Capo Transcribed by Ken Lee
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/ 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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