My Old Kentucky Home chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Johnny Cash - My Old Kentucky Home

Intro:
D MajorD   D/F#D/F#

Verse 1:
D MajorD
Turpentine and dandelion wine,
        D/F#D/F#      G+G
I've turned the corner, an' I'm doin' fine.
G+G              D MajorD
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line;
A augmentedA             D MajorD
Pickin' 'em off with this gun o' mine.
G+G              D MajorD
Got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head,
A augmentedA                D MajorD
Going higher and higher 'til I'm dead.

Verse 2:
D MajorD
Sister Sue is short and stout,
        D/F#D/F#     G+G
She didn't grow up, she grew out.
G+G                 D MajorD
Momma says she's plain, but she's just being kind.
A augmentedA                 D MajorD
Papa thinks she's pretty, but he's almost blind.
G+G            D MajorD
Don't let her out much except at night.
A augmentedA                D MajorD
But I don't care 'cause I'm all right.

Chorus:
D MajorD             D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
            A augmentedA
Young folks roll on the floor.
    D MajorD         D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
           A augmentedA      D MajorD
Keep them hard times away from my door.

Verse 3:
D MajorD
Brother Gene is big and mean,
         D/F#D/F#  G+G
And he don't have much to say.
G+G              D MajorD
He had a little woman who he whooped each day,
  A augmentedA       D MajorD
But now she's gone away.
G+G              D MajorD
Got drunk last night, kicked momma down the stairs,
  A augmentedA             D MajorD
But I'm all right, so I don't care.

Chorus:
D MajorD             D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
            A augmentedA
Young folks roll on the floor.
    D MajorD         D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
           A augmentedA      D MajorD
Keep them hard times away from my door.

Verse 4:
D MajorD
Turpentine and dandelion wine,
        D/F#D/F#      G+G
I've turned the corner, an' I'm doin' fine.
G+G              D MajorD
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line;
A augmentedA             D MajorD
Pickin' 'em off with this gun o' mine.
G+G              D MajorD
Got a fire in my belly and a fire in my head,
A augmentedA                D MajorD
Going higher and higher 'til I'm dead.

Chorus:
D MajorD             D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
            A augmentedA
Young folks roll on the floor.
    D MajorD         D/F#D/F# G+G      D MajorD
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.
           A augmentedA      D MajorD
Keep them hard times away from my door.

Outro:
     D MajorD     A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA D MajorD
Keep them hard times away from my door