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'Tucky Home

Words by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis, Music by Geo. W. Meyer - 1921

Verse:
G                E7	A7              D7	G	-                       D+
G                E7	A7              D7	G	-
F#dim         B7	F#dim         B7	C              Em	C           Em
D             D#dim	A7	D    Bb7    Em7    A7	D7
Chorus:
G	-                 G7	C             C#dim	G
D7             A7	G               Em	A7	D7
G	-                G7	C             C#dim	G           G#dim
D            G#dim	D            G#dim    A7	D   Bb7    Em7     A7	D7
G7	-	C	-
A7	-	-	D7
G	-                 D       G7	C           C#dim	G
D7	-	G	-      (D7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Old Kentucky cradled me when I was born,

Old Kentucky how I miss your field of corn,

Night time when I get to bed, How I weep and toss my head,

I'll weep no more, I'm goin' back instead.

 

Chorus:

Tuck me to sleep in my old 'Tucky Home,

Cover me with Dixie skies and leave me there alone.

Just let the sun kiss my cheeks ev'ry morn;

Like the kissin' I've been missin', From my Mammy since I'm gone.

I ain't had a bit of rest, Since I left my Mammy's nest,

I can always rest the best in her lovin' arms.

Tuck me to sleep in my old Tucky Home,

Let me lay there, stay there never no more to roam.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch the WineLand Banjo Band perform "'Tucky Home" (youtube)

 

Listen to the Oakland Banjo Band perform "'Tucky Home" (mp3)

 

Listen to Jim perform "Tucky Home" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com