Oh Singer chords by Jeannie C. Riley

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD N.C.  D MajorD             D MajorD
 Oh singer sing me an old song yeah



🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD                    G+G           D MajorD
Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton bales
D MajorD
Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah
                  A7A7     N.C.
Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields

🎸 Verse 2:
  D MajorD
Oh singer sing about the railroad
       G+G                 D MajorD
Sing about a coal shovellin' fireman on the L&N rail
D MajorD
Let me gather 'round the fire with all the people in the depot
               A7A7     N.C.
Cause in my life singer I'll never ride those coal fired trains


🎸 Chorus:
    D MajorD
Take me back oh singer take me back
       G+G                  D MajorD
I'm livin' a life I can't slow down 'cept with a song
D MajorD
And I wanna know how the people made it without the big corporations
                A augmentedA          G+G N.C.
And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow


🎸 Verse 3:
  D MajorD
Oh singer take me to the river
          G+G            D MajorD
Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans
D MajorD
Let me lean overboard and wash my hands in the Mississipi water
                 A7A7  N.C.
Cause singer I can only ride that boat in a song you sing

🎸 Chorus:
    D MajorD
Take me back oh singer take me back
       G+G                  D MajorD
I'm livin' a life I can't slow down 'cept with a song
D MajorD
And I wanna know how the people made it without the big corporations
                A augmentedA          G+G N.C.
And I wanna feel how the people lived when life was slow


🎸 Verse 4:
  D MajorD
Oh singer sing me an old song yeah
      G+G           D MajorD
Sing me an old song about cotton bales
D MajorD
Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah
                  A augmentedA            G+G
Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields


🎸 Outro:
N.C.  D MajorD
In the fields