Tom T. Hall - Bill monroe for breakfast

^DWhen I was just a little boy we ^Glived down on a ^Dfarm ^DSeven miles from nowhere and a hundred miles from ^A7harm We ^Dmade our livin' from the dirt if ^Ganything would ^Dgrow ^DAnd we got our country music from a ^A7big old radi^Do and

And we had ^GBill Monroe for breakfast every ^Dday ^DThen we'd head out to the fields a hoein' corn and mowin' h^A7ay Aw ^Dmama loved his singin' daddy ^Gloved to hear him ^Dplay ^DAnd we had Bill Monroe for ^A7breakfast every ^Dday

^DWe had a big old battery ^Gthat ran the ^Dradio ^DSometimes we run it down a listenin' to the Opry ^A7Show But ^Dwe all had our instruments and mo^Gst of us could ^Dplay ^DSo we had Bill Monroe for b^A7reakfast anyway ^D

And we had ^GBill Monroe for breakfast every ^Dday ^DThen we'd head out to the fields a hoein' corn and mowin' h^A7ay Aw ^Dmama loved his singin' daddy ^Gloved to hear him ^Dplay ^DAnd we had Bill Monroe for ^A7breakfast every ^Dday

^DMama was a lady and my ^Gdaddy liked to ^Dpreach ^DAll we ever had was just a place to eat and ^A7sleep If ^DI could go back home again ^Gback to the simple ^Dways ^DOh we'd have Bill Monroe fo^A7r breakfast ever^Dy day

And we had ^GBill Monroe for breakfast every ^Dday ^DThen we'd head out to the fields a hoein' corn and mowin' h^A7ay Aw ^Dmama loved his singin' daddy ^Gloved to hear him ^Dplay ^DAnd we had Bill Monroe for ^A7breakfast every ^Dday

^DWe had Bill Monroe for ^A7breakfast every ^Dday