Ron Hynes - Boy from old perlican

I went Busk^Ain’ down Br^A7oadway I made^Em 4 bucks Amer^Aican. Dma7 Bm Em An’ I’m homesick and wishin’ I was still back home fishin’ But a^Gll those ti^Dmes are g^Emone^D. How st^Grange to be in ^DTennesse^Eme singin’ ^ANewfoundland S^Gongs ^{D Em A5}

‘ had the ^Aluck of da I^A7rish I had my ^Emdaddy’s g^Auitar. Dma7 Bm Em It’s Gibson J 45, it’s gonna keep me alive. And com^Gfort me mi^Ddnight ‘til^Em dawn.^D Aw how str^Gange to be here in T^Dennessee^Em Singin’ New^Dfoundland S^Gongs ^{D Em F#}

I know it is^Bmn’t Hank W^Dilliams, though I can ^Gsing him as ^Dwell. I Sing Jimmy ^GRoger’s Blue ^DYodel, I sing ^EmLefty………. Friz^Azell. ^A7 Dma7 Bm Em And I’m a stranger here in Tennessee I’m a boy from around the bay Ah yeah, but I ^Aknow how to s^A#ing boys and I k^Emnow how to p^Alay. Dma7 Bm Em ‘Cause my daddy taught me, taught me these words, taught me these chords. And he ta^Gught me b^Defore he passed ^Emon. ^D Ah how ^Gstrange to be in T^Dennessee ^Emsingin’ ha^Ard hard t^Gimes ^{D Em} Singin’ k^Did on the pond. ^{G D Em} Singin^D’ Newfoundland songs. ^{G D Em F#} If there’s one s^Bmmall consolation^D here in these de^Gsperate times. ^D All those Nash^Gville songwrite^Drs are tryin’ to ^Emlook like Ron Hyn^F#es. G D Em A Outro A/B Dma7 Dma7 How strange to be in Tennessee singin’ Newfoundland Songs.