From: D Webster
Date: Jan 26/97
Subject: Big Rock Candy Mountain


BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN                  
(Recorded in 1924)
(2/4 time, pick 4231, pick-strum P DU)
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One (C) evening (G) as the (C) sun went (G) down
And the (C) jungle (G) fire was (C) burning
Down the track came a (G) hobo (C) hiking,
And he said, "Boys, (F) I'm not (C) turning.
I'm (F) heading for a (C) land that's (G) far away,
Be-(C)-side the crystal (G) fountain,
So (C) come with (G) me. We'll (C) all go (G) see
The (C) big rock (F) candy (C) mountain.

In the big rock candy mountain
There's a (F) land that's fair and (C) bright,
Where the (F) handouts grow on (C) bushes,
And you (F) sleep out every (G) night.
The (C) boxcars all are empty,
And the (F) sun shines every (C) day
On the (F) birds and (C) bees and (F) cigarette (C) trees
And the (F) lemonade (C) springs where the (F) bluebird (C) sings
In the (G) big rock candy (C) mountain.

 In the big rock candy mountain
All the (F) cops have wooden (C) legs,
The (F) bulldogs all have (C) rubber teeth, 
And the (F) hens lay soft-boiled (G) eggs.
The (C) brakemen have to tip their hats
And the (F) railroad bulls are (C) blind.
Oh, I'm (F) gonna (C) go where there (F) ain't no (C) snow,
Where the (F) rain don't (C) fall and the (F) wind don't (C) blow,
In the (G) big rock candy (C) mountain.

In the big rock candy mountain
You (F) never change your (C) socks
And the (F) little streams of (C) alcohol 
Come (F) trickling down the (G) rocks.
The (C) farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the (F) barns are full of (C) hay.
There's a (F) lake of (C) stew and of (F) whiskey (C) too,
You can (F) paddle all (C) around in a (F) big ca-(C)-noe,
In the (G) big rock candy (C) mountain.

In the big rock candy mountain
The (F) jails are made of (C) tin,
And (F) you can walk right (C) out again
As (F) soon as you are (G) in.
There (C) ain't no short-handled shovels,
No (F) axes, saws or (C) picks.
Oh, I'm (F) gonna (C) stay where you (F) sleep all (C) day,
Where they (F) hung the (C) jerk that in-(F)-vented (C) work,
In the (G) big rock candy (C) mountain.
Yes, I'll (F) see you (C) all this com-(F)-ing (C) fall
In the (G) big rock candy (C) mountain.