Rockin' Chair
performed by Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
by Hoagy Carmichael
Intro Chords
C - x3555x
C#dim7 - x4535x
Dm7 - x57565
G7 - 353455
Other non-standard chords
Fm(maj7) - xx3220
D7(b5) - 4x453x
Am6 - 5x455x
F#m(b5) - 2x221x
Em7 - 022030
Em6 - 022020
Db7/Ab - 4x3420
[Intro]
C C#dim7 Dm7 G7
C C#dim7 Dm7 G7
[Verse]
C C9
Old - rock-in' chair's got me
F Fm Fm(maj7)
cane by my side.
C F Am7 D7 C
Fetch me - that gin, - son,
D7 D7(b5) G Db
'fore I tan - your hide. -
[Chorus]
C A7
Can't - get from this cab-in,
Am6 B7 Em
ain't go-in' no - where.
D7
Just sit-tin' here gaz-ing at them
C Eb E C
fires 'round this old - rock-in chair.
[Bridge]
F7
My - dear old aunt Har-ri-et
C G7 C C7
up in heav-en - she could be.
F#m(b5) B7 Em7 Em6
Send - down - sweet char-i-ot - for the
Am7 D7 G7
end of these trou-bles - I see. -
[Verse 2]
C C9
Old - rock-in' chair, - yes it is,
F Fm
Judg-ment - Day is here.
C F Am7 D Db7/Ab
I'm chained - to that old - rock-in'
C C#dim7 Dm7 G7
chair.
C C#dim7 Dm7 G7
[Instr section - Verse - Chords - Bridge]
N.C
[Repeat from the top Verse through Verse 2]
[last time - from last measure of Verse 2]
C B A7
...chair.
[Outro]
D7 Db7 C B A7
Chained - to that old - rock-in' chair.
D7 Db7 C