Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp chords by Kenny Rogers

Chords with lyrics

Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp   2/4   Kenny Rogers
Standard Tuning No Capo

   / D MajorD            /                  / G+G         / D MajorD
The / corn was dry, the / weeds were high when / Daddy took to / drinkin'
     / D MajorD         /              / G+G          / A7A7
When / him and Lucy / Walker, they took / up and run a - / way.
D MajorD          /              / G+G            / D MajorD
Mama cried a / tear and then she / promised fourteen / children,
  / G+G            / A7A7        / D MajorD
"I / swear you'll never / see a hungry / day."

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      / D MajorD             /                / G+G         / D MajorD
Oh, the / path was deep and / wide, from footsteps / leading to our / cabin,
   / G+G             / A7A7          / D MajorD
A augmentedA - / bove the door there / burned a scarlet / lamp, and
D MajorD          /                  / G+G              / D MajorD
Late at night, a / hand would knock and / there would stand a / stranger,
G+G         / A7A7         / D MajorD
I'm the son of / Hick'ry Holler's / tramp.

D MajorD         /               / G+G            / D MajorD
Mama sacri - / ficed her pride, and / neighbors started / talkin',
   / D MajorD           /             / G+G               / A7A7
But / I was much too / young to under - / stand the things they / said,
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The / things that mattered / most of all was / Mama's chicken / dumplin's, and
  / G+G            / A7A7          / D MajorD
A augmentedA / goodnight kiss be- / fore we went to / bed.

     / D MajorD          /         / G+G          / D MajorD
When / Daddy left, and / destitution / came upon our / fam'ly,
D MajorD            /           / G+G         / A7A7
Not one neighbor / volunteered to / give a helpin' / hand,
   / D MajorD          /              / G+G            / D MajorD
So / let 'em gossip / all they want; she / loved us and she / raised us.
   / G+G           / A7A7           / D MajorD
The / proof is standing / here, a full grown / man.

    / D MajorD           /              / G+G            / D MajorD
Last / summer Mama / passed away and / left the ones who / loved her,
D MajorD          /             / G+G          / A7A7
Each and ev'ry / one is more than / grateful for his / birth,
     / D MajorD                /         / G+G           / G+G
Each / Sunday she receives a / fresh bou - / quet of fourteen / roses, and
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A augmentedA / card that says, " To the / greatest Mom on / earth."

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