The Punkin Center Barn Dance by David Allan Coe, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Punkin Center Barn Dance

Biography:

David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville. He initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene. His biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck".

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David Allan Coe - The Punkin Center Barn Dance

Capo 1

F
He came from Kentucky
Bb
Least ways that's what I've been told
C
Me and fate had left that state
F
Before his corpse got cold
He'd been killed for gold
Bb
When California could be sold
C
To any fool who had been told
F
About the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Mama had the fever
Bb
And my Daddy sold his soul
C
To someone called the devil
F
That he'd met along life's road
Dad would stop to drink a toast
Bb
And Mom was looking like a ghost
C
Was gonna beat us to the coast
F
And the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

[Chorus]
Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
F
That's where everyone would be
Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel
G C
And the Waltz of Tennessee
F
When the roll is called up yonder
Bb F
You can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
C F
God is gold, the grass is green.

F
Yeah, I left California
Bb
Just before the Grateful Dead
C
Told the truth about the gold
F
I'd searched for in my head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land
Bb
And Mom could never understand
C
How Lucifer could bring a man
F
To the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Well, times are changin', poets say
Bb C
Since Mom and Dad both passed away
But some things in this life
F
Will never change
The poets write of things to come
Bb
The Earth will melt into the Sun
C
And you and I will be the ones
F
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

[Chorus]
Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
F
That's where everyone would be
Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel
G C
And the Waltz of Tennessee
F
When the roll is called up yonder
Bb F
You can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
C F
God is gold, the grass is green.