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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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Watch the WineLand Banjo Band perform "'Tucky Home" (youtube)
 
Listen to the Oakland Banjo Band play "'Tucky Home" (mp3)
 
Listen to Jim play "Tucky Home" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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