Old Kentucky Home Lyrics - Ry Cooder

(Randy Newman) 

(D) - (G) - (A) - (E7) - (A7) - (Bm) 

(D) Turpentine and dandelion wine 

I've turned the corner and I'm (G) doing fine 

Shooting at the birds on the (D) telephone line 

(A) Picking 'em off with this (D) gun of mine 

I got a (G) fire in my belly and a (D) fire in my head 

Going (A) higher and higher till I'm dead 

Sister Sue, short and stout 

She didn't grow up - she grew out 

Papa says she's plain but she's just being kind 

Mama says she's pretty but she's almost blind 

Don't let her out much 'cept at night 

But I don't care 'cause I'm all right 

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Oh, the (D) sun shines bright on my (G) old Kentucky (D) home 

And the young folks roll on the (E7) floor (A7) 

Oh, the (D) sun shines bright on my (G) old Kentucky (D) home 

Keep them hard times (G) a (Bm)way (A7) from my (D) door 

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Brother Gene, he's big and mean 

And he didn't have much to say 

He had a little woman that he whupped each day 

But now she's gone away 

He got drunk last night 

Kicked mama down the stairs 

But I'm all right so I don't care