intro:
Em...G...A...C.D.Em...
Em G
Back Upon an old dirt road
A
Next to a swamp full of toads
was a slanted wood shack
C D Em
with three little kids and a momma
Em G
papa died in '63
A
left little Jimmy and me
C D Em -D.....G
to plant those 'taters and pull up another tomorrow
Chorus1:
G D G
Rocky Mountain Music
G D A -D....G.
Fills my memory e-hee-heeee
G C
Rocky mountain music
G D A D Em
Papa can I hear you playin' for meee, heee, heee..
Em G
Little brother was never quite right
A
he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight
playin' with the dust
C D Em
that danced on the beams in the window
Em G
sister had to cook and clean
A
'cause momma she got sick and lean
C D Em -D....G
sometimes I think she just got that way from missin' poppa
Chorus2:
G D G
Rocky Mountain Music
G D A -D....G.
Fills my memory e-hee-heeee
G C
Rocky mountain music
G D A D Em
Momma can I hear you singin' to meee, heee, heee
Em G
well every thing has changed today
A
little brother he was taken away
C D Em
and sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo
Em G
And me I'm in a Nashville bar
A
and I've never been so far..
from that old gravel road
C D Em -D....G
and the rivers that run through my memory
Chorus3:
G D G
Rocky Mountain Music
G D A -D....G.
Fills my memory e-hee-heeee
G C
Rocky mountain music
G D A D Em
Brother can I hear you callin to meee, heee, heee
Chorus4 (falsetto):
G D G
Rocky Mountain Music
G D A -D....G.
Fills my memory e-hee-heeee
G C
Rocky mountain music
G D A D Em
Papa can I hear you playin' for meee, heee, heee..