Doc Watson

Accords et partitions

Shady Grove

Dm C F

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Shady Grove, my little love Shady Grove I say Shady Grove, my little love I'm bound to go away

Sitting On Top Of The World

E B7 A E7

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'Twas in the spring one sunny day My sweetheart left me, Lord, she went away And now she's gone and I dont' worry Lord, I'm sitting on top of the world

Deep River Blues

B7 E A E7

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[E7]Let it rain, [Eflat6]let it pour, [E7]Let it rain a whole lot more, [A]'Cause I got them deep river [E]blues. [E7]Let the rain drive right on, [E7]Let the waves sweep along,

Tennessee stud

D C F

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Along about eighteen twenty five I left Tennessee very much alive And I never would got through the Arkansas mud If I hadn't been a-ridin that Tennessee Stud

Matty Groves

C Am F

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[Verse 1] Twas on the high high holy day, the very best day in the year. Little Matty Groves had gone to church, Holy words for to hear, Holy words for to hear.

Rising Sun Blues

D G D7 A7 A G7

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There is a house down in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin of a many poor boy And me, oh God , for one

Banks Of The Ohio

D G A7

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I asked my love to take a walk Just a little ways with me And as we walked and we would talk All about our weddingday

Omie Wise

Am G

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Capo II Oh, listen to my story, I'll tell you no lies, How John Lewis did murder poor little Omie Wise.

Mama Dont Allow No Music

G D C

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Verse Yeah, mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here Yeah, mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here I don't care what mama don't allow, I'll play my guitar anyhow Mama don't allow no guitar playing 'round here

Walk On Boy

Am E7 Am/G C F Dm/F

Verse 1 I was born one mornin', The rain a-pourin' down, Heard my mammy say to my pappy, "Let's call him John Henry Brown." Walk on boy.

Little Sadie

Dm C F A7 Am

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[Verse 1] Went out last night to take a look around Met little Sadie and I blowed her down Went back home, and I got into bed Forty-four smokeless under my head

St James Hospital

Am E7 G Dm

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Early one morning at the St. James Hospital Early one morning morn in the month of May When I looked through the window and a'spied a dear cowboy A dear cowboy as cold as the clay

Tom Dooley

A D E a

Basic Chord Pattern is ---, ---. Doc W appears to use standard and , and then higher than standard . This same effect can be achieved using Barre chords for , , and . I think I prefer standard along with and for lower range and faster changes.

House Carpenter

Dm C Am G D Gm

[Verse 1] We’ve met, we’ve met, my old true love We’ve met, we’ve met, said he I’ve just returned from the salt, salt sea And it's all for the love of thee

Way Downtown

C F G7

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Way downtown just fooling around They took me to the jail Oh me and it's oh my

Ready For The Times To Get Better

Am F G C Dm E

Verse 1: I've got to tell you I've been racking my brain, I have to find a way out. I've had enough of this continual rain. A change is coming no doubt.

Greenville Trestle High

D G A D7

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[Verse] I remember as a boy how in wonderment and joy, I’d watch the trains as they roll by And the whistle’s lonesome sound you could hear for miles around, As they rolled across that Greenville Trestle high.

St James Infirmary

Em B7 C Am Am6 Am7

[Intro refrain] When will I ever be happy When will I ever smile My baby went and left me And she'll be gone a long long while

The Train That Carried My Girl From Town

G D Am F

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Verse Where was you when the train left town? I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down. Hey, the train carried my girl from town, Hey, heyey hey.

More Pretty Girls Than One

C G7 F C7 Am

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[Verse 1] There's more pretty girls than one More pretty girls than one Every old town that I rambled around And there's more pretty girls than one

Big Spike Hammer

G Em C D D7

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Verse Can't you hear the ripple of my big spike hammer Lord it's busting my side I've done all I can do to keep that woman Still she's never satisfied

Born About Six Thousand Years Ago

G D7 C B A7 G7

[Verse 1] I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ] They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so

Little Orphan Girl

G D7 C

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[Verse] "No home, no home," said a little girl At the door of a rich man's home She trembling stood on the marble steps And leaned on the polished wall

Curly Headed Baby

E B7 E7 A7

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[Chorus] She's my curly headed baby She's from sunny Tennessee She's my curly headed baby She's more than all the world to me

Blue Railroad Train

E A E7

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Blue railroad train, I'm goin' down the railroad track It makes me feel so doggone blue to listen to that old smokestack Drivers a-rollin' on, leavin' me here behind Give me back them good old days and let me ramble down the line

Alberta

G D Bm F# C Am

I saw her first on an april morn' As she walked through the mist in a field of hay Her hair lit the world with its golden glow And the smile on her face burned my heart away

Moody River

B7 Em G G6 C A

[Verse 1] Last Saturday evening I came to the old oak tree It stands beside the river where you were to meet me On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me And it read "Dear Love, I've done you wrong, now I must set you free"

Frankie And Johnny

C F G C7

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[Verse 1] Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts Lordy how they did love Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above He was her man but Lord he done her wrong

Going Down This Road Feeling Bad

D G A

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Oh, it's going down the road feeling bad Bad luck's all I've ever had Going down the road feeling bad, Lord, Lord And I ain't' a-gonna be treated this a-way

Leaving London

G Em D C Em7 G7

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[Verse 1] There's dark and rolling sea Between my love and me As I walk through this cold lonesome town

Step It Up And Go

G C D7 C7 G7

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[Verse 1] Me and my baby walkin' down the street Tellin' everybody but the chief police Gotta step it up and go, um go No he can't stand pat I'll swear you gotta step it up and go

My Dear Old Southern Home

E B7 A

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[Verse 1] In my dear old southern home I was happy as I could be Where the mocking birds sang every night while I rest In that little old log cabin by the sea

My Rose Of Old Kentucky

G C D G7 D7

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[Verse 1] She bloom for me near a little village In a cabin on the hill We made our vows to love each other And I know we always will

Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

D A7 D7 G Bm C#

I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar Gonna lay down my old gui-tar I wish I could tie it to my side And take it along with me

Call Of The Road

Am F E G C Dm

When I was a boy, I had to know what I would find just over the hill And while still a lad, I had to go, And so you see I'm rambling still

Three Times Seven

C A7 D7 G D7sus2 F

Verse 1 I'm three times seven and I do as I doggone please There ain't no woman this side of heaven gonna get me on my knees I'm three times seven, gals, and that makes twenty one Lord, I just won't tame, I'm gonna be the same 'till I'm three times twenty one

Handsome Molly

G D

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Verse: 1 I wish I were in London, Or some other seaport town Set my foot in a steamboat And sail the ocean `round.