Pioneer chords by Joe Purdy

Chords with lyrics

This is a very basic progression. Play around with it until you make it work.

CAPO 3RD

   C majorC             FF     C majorC
Go to sleep little Cory for you can't understand
     FF      C majorC      G+G       FF
you're a sick little baby in your mothers tired hands
     C majorC                FF       C majorC
well your Daddy fetched the doctor but he had to use his gun
      FF    C majorC       G+G       FF
he's always been reckless and he's always on the run
     C majorC                  FF      C majorC
well the doctor says he's worried cause your fever hadn't broke
   FF       C majorC       G+G      FF
gonna wrap you in a blanket gonna put you on a boat
   C majorC             FF        C majorC
sail across the mississippi to a town where music plays
   FF       C majorC        G+G    FF
gonna steak you penicillin make your fever go away

  A minorAm             FF          C majorC
and when you grow up don't you hate your momma and daddy
   A minorAm         FF          C majorC
cause they gave you everything that you ever had
    A minorAm          FF     C majorC
and it ain't no wonder that most dont make it
A minorAm    FF    G+G
no wonder so many die,
     C majorC      FF C majorC       A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry


   C majorC             FF       C majorC
wake up little Cory and get the water from the well
     FF     C majorC        G+G        FF
count to nine Mississippi then your Daddy needs your help
     C majorC                FF         C majorC
give the feed to the chickens and in the rows you plant the corn
    FF       C majorC         G+G        FF
get the rations up for winter and build a fire to keep it warm
      C majorC                FF       C majorC
and you'll learn to use a riffle and you'll learn to use a knife
      FF      C majorC        G+G      FF
and you'll learn how to hunt and you'll learn how to fight
    C majorC               FF       C majorC
and you learn to pack a saddle and you take it off to town
    FF       C majorC        G+G        FF
just a three days of riding sell the skinds and turn around

  A minorAm             FF          C majorC
and when you grow up don't you hate your Momma and Daddy
   A minorAm         FF          C majorC
cause they gave you everything that they ever had
    A minorAm          FF     C majorC
and it ain't no wonder that most don't make it
A minorAm      FF     G+G
no matter how hard they try,
     C majorC      FF C majorC       A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry


   C majorC           FF       C majorC
go to sleep little Cory for you're a grown boy
   FF       C majorC         G+G      FF
gonna have to be the man now with your Daddy off to war
     C majorC           FF        C majorC
keep your eye on the horses and keep your mother safe
  FF     C majorC      G+G       FF
got two hungry sisters and another on the way


  A minorAm             FF          C majorC
and when you grow up don't you hate your Momma and Daddy
   A minorAm         FF          C majorC
cause they gave you everything that they ever had
    A minorAm          FF     C majorC
and it ain't no wonder that most don't make it
A minorAm    FF    G+G
no wonder so many die,
     C majorC      FF C majorC       A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry
     C majorC      FF C majorC       A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
it ain't easy to be a pioneer when the land that you move to is dry


Good luck and have fun!