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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Here we go:
Intro:
C Am C Am
Verse 1:
C
Pot luck supper and barbecue
Am
A cooler full of beer one for sodas too
F
Us kids chasing fireflies with no shoes
G
Saturday sundown
C
Momma hollerin' y'all wash up
Am
Clean that plate with your cornbread crust
F
Don't drink from daddy's dixie cup
G
Oh the guitars are comin' out
Chorus:
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
Verse 2:
C
Some sang low some high and lonesome
Am
Will that circle be unbroken
F
Grab a part if you know one
G
Or clap along instead
C
Son if you want to touch a guitar, ask
Am
Sister sleepin' in Aunt Kate's lap
F
I'd shake it like Elvis just to make 'em laugh
G
Before I went to bed
Chorus:
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
Bridge:
F
Take a little break
G
Talk a little fishin'
C Am
Let the crickets sing the intermission
F
I'd drift off to dreamland
F G
And they'd fire it up again
Chorus:
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
F G C
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025