Rocky Mountain Music

Back Upon an old dirt road
A
Next to a swamp full of toads

was a slanted wood shack
C D Em
with three little kids and a momma

Em G
papa died in '63
A
left little jenny and me
C
to plant those 'taters and
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pull up another tomorrow

Chorus:
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Rocky Mountain Music
G D A -D.C.G.
Fills my memory with you
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Rocky mountain music
G D A -F.D.Em
v1.Papa can I hear you playin for me..
v2.momma can I hear you singin to me..
v3.brother can I hear you callin me..

v2
Em G
Little brother was never quite right
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he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight

playin with the dust
C D Em
that danced on the beams in the window

Em G
sister had to cook and clean
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cuz momma she got sick and lean
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sometimes I think she just got that way missin poppa

v3
Em G
well every thing has changed today
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little brother he was taken away
C D Em
sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo

Em G
And me I'm in a Nashville bar
A
and I've never been so far..

from that old gravel road
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and the rivers that run through my mem'ry