Rockin' Chair lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Band
Album: The Band

Lyrics

Am c f dm dm/c
Hang around, willie boy
Bb c
Don't you raise the sails anymore

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Bass riff:
|F|e|d|c|

--Play this from the 8th fret
On the a string and then down
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F/(bass riff) dm dm/c g/b
It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea
Bb dm/a g
And I'm pushin' age seventy three;
Eb eb/d c
Now there's only one place that was meant for me:

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Guitar finger picking:
|C|d|e| --and then quick the f chord below
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F dm7 dm/c bb
Oh, to be home again
F c
Down in old virginny
F dm f bb
With my very best friend
F
They call him ragtime willie
Dm dm/c bb
We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years
F dm dm/c bb
We're gonna put away all of our tears
Dm g7 c7
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

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Second verse end:
Mandolin finger picking:
|D|c|f|c|d|c|a|g|f|

Third verse end:
Mandolin finger picking:
|D|c|f|c|d|c|a|a|c|a|g|f|

The entire song ends up with:
Mandolin finger picking:
|D|f|d|f|g|d|
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Slow down, willie boy
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true, and I believe I know what we should do
Turn the stern and point to shore
The seven seas won't carry us no more

Oh, to be home again
Down in old virginny
With my very best friend
They call him ragtime willie
I can't wait to sniff that air
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

Hear the sound, willie boy
The flyin' dutchman's on the reef
It's my belief
We've used up all our time
This hill's to steep to climb
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime

Oh, to be home again
Down in old virginny
With my very best friend
They call him ragtime willie
Would-a-been nice just t'see the folks
Listen once again to the stale jokes
That big rockin' chair won't go nowhere

I can hear something calling on me
[Second voice concurrent with first]
And you know where I want to be
Oh willie don't you hear that sound
[Second voice as above]
Oh to be home again down in old virginny
I just want to get my feet back on the ground
Oh to be home again down in old virginny
[Second voice as above]
I'd love to see my very best friend
They call him rag-time willie
[Second voice as above]
I believe old rockin chair's got me
[Second voice as above]
Oh to be home again

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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