Old Crow Medicine Show - Old hickory

^AVirgil Lee was a ^Bmmighty man He could^D outrun the ^AL&N ^ACaught a wild cat and ^Bmmade him his friend He was a^D flat woods bo^Ay ^ACaught his learnin' from a ^Bmrunnin' brook Taught him ^Dgo with the flow and ^Adon't get hooked ^ABut Virgil Lee kindly ^Bmmistook The ^Ddevil for a dear friend^A

^BmYou can fool all the jokers with diamonds You can ^C#mplayboy ramblin' roots You can ^Dlie like a penny on the CNO line But the ^Egood Lord knows the truth

Just like a^A old ^Bmhickory ^DShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn ^Adown ^AThere ain't nothin' that's left but the ^Bmmemory ^DAnd that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old ^Ahickory

^AIt was Gainsboro at the ^BmGlow Worm Bar We were ^Dpassin' around a ^Ajug and a guitar ^AVirgil picked it like an ^BmOpry star I mean the ^Dboy was on fire^{A A}I said, "Hey Virgil Lee, where'd you ^Bmget that stuff?" He said, ^D"I don't know, I guess I made ^Ait up?" ^AWell sometimes an ^Bmempty cup Just ^Doverflows^A

^BmAnd all that summer was fire and rain ^C#m Virgil Lee started nursin' the pain ^D

Was ^Etwisted, falling down

Like a ^Aold hi^Bmckory ^DShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn ^Adown ^AThere ain't nothin' that's left but the ^Bmmemory And that ^Dlong, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old ^Ahickory

^ALaid him out in his ^Bmoveralls 'Cause when you ^Dget too big for your ^Abreeches well that's all ^AHung his fiddle and his ^Bmflat top guitar ^DUp in the high school ^Agym ^ANobody ^Bmremembers his name And ^DI can't say any^Aone's to blame ^AOne of these times you gotta ^Bmhear him play He was the ^Dgreatest that's ever ^Abeen

^BmYou can fool all the jokers with diamonds You can ^C#mplayboy ramblin' roots You can ^Dlie like a penny on the CNO line But the ^Egood Lord knows the truth

Just like a ^Aold ^Bmhickory ^DShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn ^Adown ^AThere ain't nothin' that's left but the ^Bmmemory And that ^Dlong, tall, scraggily, bitter nut ^AOld ^Bmhickory ^DShadin' the porch of a house that's been torn ^Adown ^AThere ain't nothin' that's left but the ^Bmmemory And that ^Dlong, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old ^Ahickory ^DOh and that long, tall, scraggily, bitter nut old ^Ahickory