Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

One evening as the sun went down

And the jungle fires were burning,

Down the track came a hobo hiking,

And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning

 I'm headed for a land that's far away

 Besides the crystal fountains

 So come with me, we'll go and see

 The Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,

 There's a land that's fair and bright,

 Where the handouts grow on bushes

 And you sleep out every night.

 Where the boxcars all are empty

 And the sun shines every day

 And the birds and the bees

 And the cigarette trees

 The lemonade springs

 Where the bluebird sings

 In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

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In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

All the cops have wooden legs

And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth

And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs

The farmers' trees are full of fruit

And the barns are full of hay

Oh I'm bound to go

Where there ain't no snow

Where the rain don't fall

The winds don't blow

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

You never change your socks

And the little streams of alcohol

Come trickling down the rocks

The brakemen have to tip their hats

And the railway bulls are blind

There's a lake of stew

And of whiskey too

You can paddle all around it

In a big canoe

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,

The jails are made of tin.

And you can walk right out again,

As soon as you are in.

There ain't no short-handled shovels,

No axes, saws nor picks,

I'm bound to stay

Where you sleep all day,

Where they hung the jerk

That invented work

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

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I'll see you all this coming fall

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Enjoy!