Walk On Boy chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

3
Capo 3

verse 1
A minorAm       E7E7
I was born one mornin',
  A minorAm       E7E7
The rain a-pourin' down,
A minorAm    Am/GAm/G C majorC     FF
Heard my mammy say to my pappy,
    E7E7      Dm/F A minorAm
"Let's call him John Henry Brown." Walk on boy.

A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   E7E7
Walk on down the road
A minorAm   Am/GAm/G     C majorC     FF
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
    E7E7    Dm/F    A minorAm
A-gonna help you carry your load.

Instrumental
A minorAm E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 Dm/F A minorAm

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 DmDm A minorAm

verse 2
A minorAm    Am/GAm/G   E7E7
I left my mammy and pappy
A minorAm       Am/GAm/G  E7E7
Just about the age of ten
    A minorAm    Am/GAm/G  C majorC       FF
Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee
    E7E7      Dm/F     A minorAm
Totin' water for the hard workin' men. Walk on boy.

A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   E7E7
Walk on down the road
A minorAm   Am/GAm/G     C majorC     FF
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world
    E7E7    Dm/F    A minorAm
A-gonna help you carry your load.

Instrumental
A minorAm E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 Dm/F A minorAm

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 DmDm A minorAm

verse 3
A minorAm     Am/GAm/G   E7E7
One day my pappy told me,
    A minorAm      Am/GAm/G  E7E7
"Some advice I wanna give to you
A minorAm     Am/GAm/G      C majorC    FF
Son, find a good woman, be good to her,
  E7E7      Dm/F   A minorAm
An' she's gonna be good to you."

A minorAm
Walk on, boy.
A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   E7E7
Walk on down the road
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G     C majorC     FF
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
    E7E7    Dm/F    A minorAm
A-gonna help you carry your load.

Instrumental
A minorAm E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 Dm/F A minorAm

A minorAm Am/GAm/G E7E7

A minorAm Am/GAm/G C majorC FF

E7E7 DmDm A minorAm

verse 4
A minorAm    Am/GAm/G     E7E7
If anyone ever should ask you,
   A minorAm     Am/GAm/G E7E7
"Just who is that fella Brown?"
    A minorAm        Am/GAm/G  C majorC        FF
You can tell him I'm the boy who left his hammer smokin'
     E7E7    Dm/F    A minorAm
Where he beat that steam drill down. Walk on, boy

Outro
A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   E7E7
Walk on down the road
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G     C majorC     FF
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world
    E7E7    Dm/F    A minorAm
A-gonna help you carry your load.
A minorAm                   Am6Am6
Walk on boy, walk on boy, walk on, boy.

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