Floyd County chords by Dwight Yoakam

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  A augmentedA

    D MajorD        G+G     D MajorD   G+G
It's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones,
         D MajorD
Yeah the grief is strong,
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA
 For the man that's gone.
      D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD   G+G
And at the grave his woman cries and she moans,
       D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
'Cause its a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones.

    C majorC      G+G       D MajorD
The six children he raised are all weepin',
     C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
For this soft-spoken mountain man.
   C majorC        G+G    D MajorD           G+G
That fed 'em with the money he earned in those black mines,
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And the food he could raise with his hands.

                G+G     D MajorD   G+G
'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones,
         D MajorD
Yeah the grief is strong,
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA
 For the man that's gone.
      D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD   G+G
And at the grave his woman cries and she moans,
       D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
'Cause its a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones.

      C majorC     G+G       D MajorD
Though the world knew nothing of his wisdom,
    C majorC     G+G        D MajorD
Or the honest and simple things he did.
       C majorC   G+G       D MajorD    G+G
There's some folks cryin' on this hillside today,
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That know about the humble way he lived.

                G+G     D MajorD   G+G
'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones,
         D MajorD
Yeah the grief is strong,
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA
 For the man that's gone.
      D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD   G+G
And at the grave his woman cries and she moans,
       D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
'Cause its a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones.

 Instrumental:
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD

     C majorC      G+G       D MajorD
Now this house in the holler stands empty,
      C majorC       G+G     D MajorD
Though his presence in my memory is plain.
       C majorC         G+G    D MajorD        G+G
You know I'd swear that I just saw him walking up that hill,
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I guess this place won't never be the same.

                G+G     D MajorD   G+G
'Cause it's a sad day in Floyd County Mr. Jones,
         D MajorD
Yeah the grief is strong,
A augmentedA         D MajorD   A augmentedA
 For the man that's gone.
      D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD   G+G
And at the grave his woman cries and she moans,
       D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD
'Cause its a sad day in Floyd County, Mr. Jones.