big rock candy mountain   Harry McLintock

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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 21:16:32 -0700 (PDT)



There are already 2 versions of this song on Cowpie
(one was
mine) but these are the lyrics and chords for the
version on
the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack as
requested in
the latest newsletter.

Big Rock Candy Mountain
Words and Music by Harry McClintock
As sung by Harry McClintock on the *“O Brother, Where
Art Thou?” soundtrack (2000)

Key of C, Starting pitch: G
Intro: C G C G C G C 
     
One (C) evening, (G7) as the (C) sun went (G7)down
And the (C) jungle (G7) fire was (C) burning,
Down the track came a (G7) hobo, (C) hiking,
And he said, "Boys, (G7) I'm not (C) turning.
I'm (F) headed for a (C) land that's (F) far a-(C)way
Be-(F)side the crystal (G)fountains.
So (C) come with (G7) me, weÂ’ll (C) go and (G7) see
The (C) Big Rock (G7) Candy (C)Mountain.

Verses:
In the (C) Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a (F) land that's fair and (C) bright,
Where the (F) handouts grow on (C) bushes
And you (F) sleep out ev'ry (G)night,
Where the (C) boxcars all are empty,
And the (F) sun shines ev'ry (C) day
On the (F) birds and the (C)bees and the (F)cigarette
(C)trees,
The (F) lemonade (C) springs where the (F) bluebird
(C) sings
In the (G7) Big Rock Candy (C)Mountains.

In the (C) Big Rock Candy Mountains,
All the (F) cops have wooden (C) legs,
And the (F) bulldogs all have (C) rubber teeth
And the (F) hens lay soft-boiled (G) eggs.
The (C) farmer's trees are full of fruit
And the (F) barns are full of (C) hay.
Oh IÂ’m (F) bound to (C) go, where there (F) ain't no
(C) snow,
Where the (F) rain don't (C) fall and the (F) wind
don't (C) blow
In the (G7) Big Rock Candy (C) Mountains.

In the (C) Big Rock Candy Mountains,
You (F) never change your (C) socks,
And the (F) little streams of (C) alcohol
Come a-(F) trickling down the (G)rocks.
The (C) brakemen have to tip their hats
And the (F) railroad bulls are (C) blind,
There's a (F) lake of (C) stew and of (F) whiskey, (C)
too,
You can (F) paddle all a-(C)round ‘em in a (F) big
ca-(C)noe
In the (G7) Big Rock Candy (C) Mountains.

In the (C) Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The (F) jails are made of (C) tin,
And (F) you can walk right (C) out again,
As (F) soon as you are (G) in.
There (C) ain't no short-handled shovels
No (F) axes, saws or (C) picks-
I'm a-(F)going to (C) stay, where you (F) sleep all
(C) day
Where they (F) hung the (C) jerk that in-(F)vented (C)
work
In the (G7) Big Rock Candy (C) Mountains.

(whistling*) C C C C/F F C C/F C F C [each chord=1
beat]

(sung) IÂ’ll (F) see you (C) all this (F) cominÂ’ (C)
fall
In the (G7) Big Rock Candy (C) Mountains.

*the whistled part follows the melody of these
lines(verse lines #1, 2, and 7):
           In the (C) Big Rock Candy Mountains,
           The (F) jails are made of (C) tin,
            I'm a-(F)going to (C) stay, where you (F)
sleep all (C) day
and then the last two tag lines are sung to the same
melody as verse lines 8 and 9.

Transcribed by Emily Meyer (emiliya47@yahoo.com)

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