2 acessos
A Bm Virgil Lee was a mighty man D A He could outrun the L&N A Bm Caught a wild cat and made him his friend D A He was a flat woods boy A Bm Caught his learnin' from a runnin' brook D A Taught him go with the flow and don't get hooked A Bm But Virgil Lee kindly mistook D A The devil for a dear friend [Pre-Chorus] Bm You can fool all the jokers with diamonds C#m You can playboy ramblin' roots D You can lie like a penny on the CNO line E But the good Lord knows the truth [Chorus] A Bm Just like a old hickory D A Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down A Bm There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory D A And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory [Verse 2] A Bm It was Gainsboro at the Glow Worm Bar D A We were passin' around a jug and a guitar A Bm Virgil picked it like an Opry star D A I mean the boy was on fire A Bm I said, "Hey Virgil Lee, where'd you get that stuff?" D A He said, "I don't know, I guess I made it up?" A Bm Well sometimes an empty cup D A Just overflows [Pre-Chorus] Bm C#m And all that summer was fire and rain D Virgil Lee started nursin' the pain 'Til every one of them songs he would play E Was twisted, falling down [Chorus] A Bm Like a old hickory D A Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down A Bm There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory D A And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory [Verse 3] A Bm Laid him out in his overalls D A 'Cause when you get too big for your breeches well that's all A Bm Hung his fiddle and his flat top guitar D A Up in the high school gym A Bm Nobody remembers his name D A And I can't say anyone's to blame A Bm One of these times you gotta hear him play D A He was the greatest that's ever been [Pre-Chorus] Bm You can fool all the jokers with diamonds C#m You can playboy ramblin' roots D You can lie like a penny on the CNO line E But the good Lord knows the truth [Chorus] A Bm Just like a old hickory D A Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down A Bm There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory D And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut A Bm Old hickory D A Shadin' the porch of a house that's been torn down A Bm There ain't nothin' that's left but the memory D A And that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory D A Oh and that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old hickory