Boy From Old Perlican chords by Ron Hynes

Chords with lyrics

Boy From Old Perlican
          By Newfoundland's own Ron Hynes

            Chords by Jan Smith


Dma7  B minorBm  E minorEm A augmentedA A7A7 E minorEm A augmentedA

Dma7     B minorBm     E minorEm
Stranded in Nashville.     I’m a Boy from Old Perlican.
      A augmentedA     A7A7      E minorEm      A augmentedA
I went Buskin’ down Broadway I made 4 bucks American.
     Dma7     B minorBm  E minorEm
An’ I’m homesick and wishin’ I was still back home fishin’
   G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm D MajorD
But all those times are gone.
   G+G       D MajorD    E minorEm    A augmentedA       G+G  D MajorD E minorEm A5A5
How strange to be in Tennessee singin’ Newfoundland Songs

      Dma7   B minorBm    E minorEm
I crossed over the border ‘neath the light from the stars.
     A augmentedA      A7A7      E minorEm    A augmentedA
‘ had the luck of da Irish I had my daddy’s guitar.
        Dma7 B minorBm          E minorEm
It’s Gibson   J  45,    it’s gonna keep me alive.
    G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm  D MajorD
And comfort me midnight ‘til dawn.
     G+G          D MajorD    E minorEm
Aw how strange to be here in Tennessee
      D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD E minorEm F#F#
Singin’ Newfoundland Songs

      B minorBm    D MajorD           G+G      D MajorD
I know it isn’t Hank Williams, though I can sing him as well.
       G+G      D MajorD         E minorEm      A augmentedA   A7A7
I Sing Jimmy Roger’s Blue Yodel,   I sing Lefty………. Frizzell.
     Dma7       B minorBm       E minorEm
And I’m a stranger here in Tennessee I’m a boy from around the bay
        A augmentedA      A#A#       E minorEm     A augmentedA
Ah yeah, but I know how to sing boys and I know how to play.
     Dma7      B minorBm        E minorEm
‘Cause my daddy taught me, taught me these words, taught me these chords.
     G+G    D MajorD        E minorEm     D MajorD
And he taught me before he passed on.
    G+G         D MajorD    E minorEm    A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm
Ah how strange to be in Tennessee singin’ hard hard times
     D MajorD          G+G      D MajorD  E minorEm
Singin’ kid on the pond.
   D MajorD              G+G    D MajorD  E minorEm F#F#
Singin’ Newfoundland songs.
        B minorBm       D MajorD        G+G         D MajorD
If there’s one small consolation here in these desperate times.
       G+G       D MajorD        E minorEm        F#F#
All those Nashville songwriters are tryin’ to look like Ron Hynes.
    G+G        D MajorD  E minorEm     A augmentedA          Outro A/BA/B Dma7 Dma7