Biography:
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina – May 29, 2012, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was a guitar player, banjo player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music.
Doc played guitar in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, but was best known for his flatpick work. His virtuosity combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival.
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Other songs:
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Deep River Blues
- A
- Alberta
- Banks Of The Ohio
- Big Spike Hammer
- Blue Railroad Train
- Born About Six Thousand Years Ago
- Call Of The Road
- Columbus Stockade Blues
- Crawdad Hole Song
- Curly Headed Baby
- Docs Guitar
- Dont Monkey Round My Widder
- Dream Of The Miners Child
- Footprints In The Snow
- Gamblers Yodel
- Georgie
- Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Greenville Trestle High
- Handsome Molly
- I Couldnt Believe It Was True
- I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
- Im Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
- Life Gits Teejus Dont It
- Listening To The Rain
- Little Darlin Pal Of Mine
- Little Orphan Girl
- Little Sadie
- Little Stream Of Whiskey
- Lost John
- Mama Dont Allow No Music
- Mandman With A Box
- Matchbox Blues
- Matty Groves
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Moody River
- More Pretty Girls Than One
- My Creole Belle
- My Rose Of Old Kentucky
- Nashville Picking
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobodys Fault But Mine
- Nothin To It
- Old Camp Meeting Time
- Omie Wise
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Ready For The Times To Get Better
- Rising Sun Blues
- Rye Cove
- Shady Grove
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- St James Hospital
- St James Infirmary
- Stackolee
- Streamline Cannonball
- Summertime
- T For Texas
- Tennessee Rag
- Tennessee Stud
- The Riddle Song
- The Telephone Girl
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Three Times Seven
- Tom Dooley
- Train Whistle Blues
- Traveling Man
- Treasures Untold
- Uncloudy Day
- Walk On Boy
- Way Downtown
- Weary Blues
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Version from third generation Blues - Doc watson and Richard Watson
[Introduction]
C C6 C G7 C
[Verse 1]
C F C
They tell me of a place far beyond the skys
C C/A G
They tell me of a home far away
C F C
Yes they tell me of a land where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
[Chorus]
C
Oh that land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh the land of an uncloudy sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
C G7 C
[Verse 2]
C F C
They tell me of a land where my friends have gone
C C/A G
and they tell me that my eyes shall behold
C F C
Heavens King as he sets on his snow-white throne
C C/A G7/B C
In that city that is paved with gold
[Chorus]
C
Oh the land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh that land of an unclouded sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
[Instrumental]
C F C
C C/A G
C F C
C C/A G7/B C
[Verse 3]
C C7 F C
They tell me that he smiles on his children there
C C/A G
And his smiles drive their sorrows all away
C F C
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
C C/A G7/B C
Sheds its fragrance through the uncloudy day
[Chorus]
C
Oh that land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh that land of an unclouded sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
[Introduction]
C C6 C G7 C
[Verse 1]
C F C
They tell me of a place far beyond the skys
C C/A G
They tell me of a home far away
C F C
Yes they tell me of a land where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
[Chorus]
C
Oh that land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh the land of an uncloudy sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
C G7 C
[Verse 2]
C F C
They tell me of a land where my friends have gone
C C/A G
and they tell me that my eyes shall behold
C F C
Heavens King as he sets on his snow-white throne
C C/A G7/B C
In that city that is paved with gold
[Chorus]
C
Oh the land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh that land of an unclouded sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
[Instrumental]
C F C
C C/A G
C F C
C C/A G7/B C
[Verse 3]
C C7 F C
They tell me that he smiles on his children there
C C/A G
And his smiles drive their sorrows all away
C F C
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
C C/A G7/B C
Sheds its fragrance through the uncloudy day
[Chorus]
C
Oh that land of cloudless days
C C/A G
Oh that land of an unclouded sky
C C7 F C
Yes they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise
C C/A G7/B C
Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day
Dog Is Dead
Dogs Die In Hot (...)
Doja Cat
Dolls United
Dolly
Don Dilego
Don Felder
Don Francisco
Don Henley
Don Ho