Oh Singer chords by Jeannie C. Riley

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D

🎸 Intro:

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




🎸 Verse 1:
D                                        G                     D
Oh singer sing me an old song sing me an old song about cotton bales
D
Tell me how the good earth feels down in the high white cotton yeah
                                   A7         N.C.
Cause in my life I'll never get to walk on my knees in the fields

🎸 Verse 2:
   D
Oh singer sing about the railroad
             G                                  D
Sing about a coal shovellin' fireman on the L&N rail
D
Let me gather 'round the fire with all the people in the depot
                             A7         N.C.
Cause in my life singer I'll never ride those coal fired trains


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


🎸 Verse 3:
   D
Oh singer take me to the river
                    G                        D
Let me ride the big river boat down to New Orleans
D
Let me lean overboard and wash my hands in the Mississipi water
                                  A7   N.C.
Cause singer I can only ride that boat in a song you sing


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


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


🎸 Outro:
N.C.   D
In the fields