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Rockin Chair by The Band - Guitar Chords

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            Am/C C F            Dm         Dm/C
       Hang around, Willie Boy, 
Bb                        C
 Don't you raise the sails anymore.

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bass riff:
        |F|E|D|C|

--Play this from the 8th fret
  on the A string and then down
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F/(bass riff)   Dm       Dm/C          G/B
 It's for sure, I've spent my whole life at sea 
        Bb          Dm/A        G
And I'm pushin' age seventy three;
            Eb       Eb/D           C
Now there's only one place that was meant for me:

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guitar finger picking:
        |C|D|E| --and then quick the F chord below
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F  Dm7    Dm/C     Bb
Oh, to be home again,
        F      C
Down in old Virginny,
F    Dm  F         Bb
 With my very best friend,
              F
They call him Ragtime Willie.
              Dm    Dm/C    Bb
We're gonna soothe away the rest of our years,
   F          Dm Dm/C      Bb
We're gonna put away all of our tears,
     Dm                      G7         C7         
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere.

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second verse end:
        Mandolin finger picking:
        |D|C|F|C|D|C|A|G|F|

third verse end:
        Mandolin finger picking:
        |D|C|F|C|D|C|A|A|C|A|G|F|

The entire song ends up with:
        Mandolin finger picking:
        |D|F|D|F|G|A|
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Slow down, Willie Boy,
Your heart's gonna give right out on you
It's true, and I believe I know what we should do.
Turn the stern and point to shore,
The seven seas won't carry us no more.

Oh, to be home again,
Down in old Virginny,
With my very best friend,
They call him Ragtime Willie.
I can't wait to sniff that air,
Dip'n snuff, I won't have no care,
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere.

Hear the sound, Willie Boy,
The Flyin' Dutchman's on the reef.
It's my belief
We've used up all our time,
This hill's to steep to climb,
And the days that remain ain't worth a dime.

Oh, to be home again,
Down in old Virginny,
With my very best friend,
They call him Ragtime Willie.
Would-a-been nice just t'see the folks,
listen once again to the stale jokes,
That big Rockin' Chair won't go nowhere.

F              Dm            F              Bb
I can hear something calling on me
             C
And you know where I wanna be
F   Dm       F                           Bb
Oh Willie, can't you hear that sound
              F     C
Down In Old Virginny
  F              Dm               F                 Bb
I just wanna get my feet back on the ground
              F    C
Down In Old Virginny
             F         Dm       F            Bb
And I'd love to see my very best friend
                       F            C
They call him Ragtime Willie
  F          Dm F                       Bb
I believe old Rockin' Chair's got me

D-F-D-F-G-A 
        

We also have 29 songs by The Band

• Acadian Driftwood
• Across The Great Divide
• Atlantic City
• Caledonia Mission
• Chest Fever
• Christmas Must Be Tonight
• Dont Do It
• Evangeline
• I Shall Be Released
• It Makes No Difference
• Jawbone
• Jemima Surrender
• King Harvest Has Surely Come
• Long Black Veil
• Mystery Train
• Ophelia
• Rag Mama Rag
• Rockin Chair
• Stage Fright
• Tears Of Rage
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
• The Shape Im In
• The Unfaithful Servant
• The Weight
• This Wheels On Fire
• Up On Cripple Creek
• When I Paint My Masterpiece
• When You Awake
• Whispering Pines

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