Pioneer chords by Joe Purdy

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

CAPO 3RD

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

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


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



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


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


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


Good luck and have fun!