Key: D
Introduction:
D D9 D4 D9 D7(9) G G6 Gm7 Eº
Ol' rock - in' chair's got me, my cane by my side
D F#m B7 E7 A7 Eº
Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide
Bm F#7 Bm7 F#7 Bm7 C#7 F#7
Can't get from this cabin, go no where
E7 Bm7(b5) E7
Just sit me here grabbin'
A7 D
At the flies 'round my rockin' chair
Bridge
D7 Fº D9 D7 Fº D9 D7
My dear old Aunt Harriet in Heaven she be
C#7 F#m B7 E7 Bm7(b5) A7 E7 A7
Send me sweet chariot, for the end of that trouble I see
D D9 D4 D9 D7(9) G G6 Gm7 Eº
Ol' rockin' chair gets it judgment day is here
D F#m Bm7 G Gº Eº D
Chained to my old rockin' chair
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