Artist/Band: Haggard Merle Tabs
Song: Son Hickory Hollars Tramp Tab
Son of Hickory Hollars Tramp
by Merle Haggard Transcribed by Larry Doty
intro
C F G
chorus
C G F
Oh the path was deep and wide from footsteps leading
C F G
to our cabin and above the door there burned a scarlet
C G F
Lamp and late at night a hand would knock and there
C F G
would stand a stranger Yes i'm the son of hickory
C
hollars Tramp.
Verse 1
C F
Well the corn was dry and the weeds were high when
G C F C
daddy took to drinkin, him and lucy walker they took
G C F G
up and ran away momma cried a tear then she promised
C F G C
14 children i swear you'll never see a hungry day.
C F G
when momma sacrificed her pride the neighbors started
C F C
talkin, but i was much too young to understand the
G C F
things they said, the thing that mattered most of all
G C F
was momma's chicken n dumplins and that goodnight kiss
G C
before we went to bed.
Repeat Chorus
C F G C
when daddy left then destitution came upon our family
F C G
not one neighbor volunteered to give a helpin hand
C F G
so let em gossip all They want she loved us and she
C F G C
raised us the truth is standing here a full grown man.
C F G
last summer momma passed away and left the ones who
C F C
loved her, each and everyone is more than greatful for
G C F G
their birth, each sunday she recieves a fresh boquet
C F G
of fourteen roses, and a card that reads the greatest
C
mom on earth.
Repeat Chorus
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