My Old Kentucky Home chords

Tuning: Standard

Three Dog Night
My Old Kentucky Home (1972)
(Randy Newman)

From: "Seven Separate Fools"
Notes: The outro "mmmmm"s are sung to the melody of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"

[INTRO]
| C | G | D | G |

[VERSE]
[G]Turpentine and dandelion wine
I've [G7]turned the corner, I'm [C]doin' fine
[C]Shootin' at the birds on the [G]telephone line
[D]Pickin' them off with this [G]gun o' mine
I got a f[C]ire in my belly and a [G]fire in my head
Growing [D]higher and higher 'till I'm [G]dead

[VERSE]
[G]Sister Sue she's short and stout
She [G7]didn't grow up, she grew [C]out
[C]Mama thinks she's pretty, but she's[G] just being kind
[D]Papa thinks she's lovely, and he's [G]half blind
We [C]don't let her out much ex[G]cept at night
But [D]I don't care 'cause I'm all [G]right

[INTERLUDE]
| C | G | D | G |

[CHORUS]
Oh, the su[G]n shines bright on my ol[C]d Kentucky ho[G]me
Where th[G]e young folks play on th[D]e floor
Oh, the [G]sun shines bright on my [C]old Kentucky [G]home
Keep [G]them mad times aw[D]ay from my d[G]oor

[VERSE]
[G]Brother Gene, he's big and mean
And he [G7]don't have much to [C]say
He [C]had a little woman that he [G]whooped each day
[D]But now she's gone a[G]way
Got [C]drunk last night, kicked [G]mama down the stairs
But [D]I'm all right, so I don't [G]care

[CHORUS]
Oh, the [G]sun shines bright on my [C]old Kentucky [G]home
Where th[G]e young folks play on th[D]e floor
Oh, the [G]sun shines bright on my [C]old Kentucky [G]home
Keep [G]the mad times awa[D]y from my do[G]or

[OUTRO]
Mm[G]mm mmmm mm[C]mm mm[G]m
Mm[G]mm mmmm m[D]mm m[C]mm m[G]mmm

(fade)