David Allan Coe – The Punkin Center Barn Dance (Guitar)

F
He came from Kentucky

Bb
Least ways that's what I've been told

C
Me and fate had left that state

                      F
Before his corpse got cold

          Bb
When California could be sold

       C
To any fool who had been told

                        F
About the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Mama had the fever

       Bb
And my Daddy sold his soul

   C
To someone called the devil

                           F
That he'd met along life's road

    Bb
And Mom was looking like a ghost

    C
Was gonna beat us to the coast

                      F
And the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

       Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance

                            F
That's where everyone would be

Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel

        G             C
And the Waltz of Tennessee

         F
When the roll is called up yonder

        Bb              F
You can hear the angels sing

       C                  F
God is gold, the grass is green.

F
Yeah, I left California

       Bb
Just before the Grateful Dead

C
Told the truth about the gold

                       F
I'd searched for in my head

    Bb
And Mom could never understand

    C
How Lucifer could bring a man

                     F
To the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Well, times are changin', poets say

Bb                                 C
Since Mom and Dad both passed away

           F
Will never change

    Bb
The Earth will melt into the Sun

C
And you and I will be the ones

                     F
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

       Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance

                            F
That's where everyone would be

Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel

        G             C
And the Waltz of Tennessee

         F
When the roll is called up yonder

        Bb              F
You can hear the angels sing

       C                  F
God is gold, the grass is green.