Chords with lyrics
This is tuned a half step down
D#G#C#F#A#D#
(Chords are written as if it were in standard tuning, for instance G=320033 C=032010 etc.)
G*= 202022 because i forgot what chord that is
I believe all good people should learn this song.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Where did you come from and where did you go?
C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD
The rattlers are still and the ashes are cold.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
The stage, it is empty; the Union Halls, dark.
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
And the lights are so bright that I can't see the stars.
D MajorD E minorEm
Ain't no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Where the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Seattle to Spokane, Missoula to Butte:
C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD
The spare-changer's stories so boring and true.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Now the world ain't so lonesome without you around.
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Hey, tell me, where can you camp where you can't hear a sound?
D MajorD E minorEm
Ain't no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Where the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
D MajorD G+G G* E minorEm
Oh, the stories we'll tell on our last and long ri-ii-hide
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Where the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
(solo) rhythm is same as verse 1
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Now that God's gone and the Devil's in a hole,
C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD
It's Aces, Straights, Flushes with Johnny and Joe.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
No masters, no Yard Bulls to chase a boy down.
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
He's gone to where the bums go when they're run out of town.
D MajorD E minorEm
Ain't no heaven and hell in the Great By-And-By
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Where the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
D MajorD E minorEm
Say "So Long" to the rails, from the sage to the pine,
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
While the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
D MajorD E minorEm
Oh, the stories we'll tell on our last and long ride
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Where the dead they are laugh-ing, singin' and spillin' their wine.
G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Where do you come from and where did you go?