Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Grand Ole Opry Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] F C F [Verse 1]
F
Come and listen to my story if you will I'm gonna tell

                             G       C
About a gang of fellers from down at Nashville

F
First I'll start with old Red Foley doin' the "Chattanooga Shoe"

                                             C             F
We can't forget Hank Williams with them good old "Lovesick Blues"
[Verse 2]
F
It's time for Roy Acuff to go to Memphis on his train

                                        G        C
With Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield and Lazy Jim Day

F
Turn on all your radios I know that you will wait

                                        C                  F
Hear Little Jimmy Dickens sing "take an old cold tater and wait"
[Chorus]
F
There'll be guitars and fiddles, Earl Scruggs and his banjo too

                             G             C
Bill Monroe singing out them old "Kentucky Blues"

F
Ernest Tubb's number "Two Wrongs Won't Make A Right"

                      C              F
At the Grand Ole Opry ev'ry saturday night
[Fiddle solo] F C F [Verse 3]
F
There was Uncle Dave Macon his gold tooth and plug-hat

                      G      C
Cowboy Copas singing "Tragic Romance"

F
Signed sealed and delivered with Sam and Kirk McGee

                               C             F
And the master of ceremony was Mr. George D. Hays
[Verse 4]
F
There was Lonzo and Oscar a-poppin' bubble gum

                             G           C
George Morgan singin' "Candy Kisses" yum yum

F
"Got A Hole In My Bucket" "Bringin' In That Georgia Mill"

                                                C                     F
We'll sing "The Sunny Side Of The Mountain" and dance to the "Chicken Reel"
[Chorus]
F
There'll be guitars and fiddles, and banjo pickin' too

                             G             C
Bill Monroe singing out them old "Kentucky Blues"

F
Ernest Tubb's number "Two Wrongs Won't Make A Right"

                      C              F
At the Grand Ole Opry ev'ry saturday night
[Banjo solo] F C F [Verse 4]
F
You can talk about your singers in all kinds of way

                                       G       C
But none could sing the old songs like Bradley Kincaid

F
With his old hound dog guitar and the famous "Blue Tail Fly"

                                  C               F
Stringbean with Hank Snow and old fiddlin' Chubby Wise
[Chorus]
F
There'll be guitars and fiddles, Earl Scruggs and his banjo too

                             G             C
Bill Monroe singing out them old "Kentucky Blues"

F
Ernest Tubb's number "Two Wrongs Won't Make A Right"

                      C              F     C  F
At the Grand Ole Opry ev'ry saturday night