[Here we go]
[Intro]
C Am C Am
[Verse 1]
C
Pot luck supper and barbecue
Am
A cooler full of beer one for sodas too
F
Us kids chasing fireflies with no shoes
G
Saturday sundown
C
Momma hollerin' y'all wash up
Am
Clean that plate with your cornbread crust
F
Don't drink from daddy's dixie cup
G
Oh the guitars are comin' out
[Chorus]
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
[Verse 2]
C
Some sang low some high and lonesome
Am
Will that circle be unbroken
F
Grab a part if you know one
G
Or clap along instead
C
Son if you want to touch a guitar, ask
Am
Sister sleepin' in Aunt Kate's lap
F
I'd shake it like Elvis just to make 'em laugh
G
Before I went to bed
[Chorus]
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
[Bridge]
F
Take a little break
G
Talk a little fishin'
C Am
Let the crickets sing the intermission
F
I'd drift off to dreamland
F G
And they'd fire it up again
[Chorus]
F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned
Rocked and rolled to a country song
C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong
We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F G C C/B Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
F G C C/B Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
F G C
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth