Big Rock Candy Mountain

Folk Traditional (Recorded by Haywire Mac)

One [C] evening as the sun went down and the [F] jungle fire was [G] burning
Down the [C] track came a hobo hiking and he [F] said boys I’m not [G] turning
I’m [F] headin for a [C] land that’s [F] far [C] away [G] beside the crystal fountains
So [C] come with me we’ll go and see the [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains

[C] In the 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 every [G] night
Where the [C] boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day
On the [F] birds and the [C] bees and the [F] cigarette [C] trees
Where the [F] lemonade [C] springs where the [F] bluebird [C] sings
In the [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains

[C] In the 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, I’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 [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains

[C] In the 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 [C] canoe
In the [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains

[C] In the 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] goin 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 [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains

I’ll [F] see you [C] all this [F] coming [C] fall in the [G] Big Rock Candy [C] Mountains