Rocking chair    (video)

 

    D - E - A (2x)   + D

 

   D                               D7        - G                    Gm

1.    Old rockin' chair's got me,       cane by my side,

D                       B7        - E                           A      - A7

    fetch me my gin, son       'fore I tan your hide.

D                                Bm    - E                            A

    Can’t get from this cabin       I ain't goin' nowhere,

E                           E7                   A               A7               D

    I'm sittin' here grabbin' at the flies 'round my rockin' chair.

 

G                                              - D                        G                  D

    Remember old aunt Harriet,       how long in Heaven she'd be,

Bm                      A7                 E                              A      - A7

    send out my chariot for the end of my trouble, I see.

D                             D7       - G                                            Gm

    Old rockin' chair got me,       Judgement Day is almost here,

D                                E   - A                D     -  E - A    

    I’m chained to my old        rockin' chair.

 

+  repeat verse 1 (lines 1 & 2 as instrumental)

 

G                                              - D                        G                  D

    Remember old aunt Harriet,       how long in Heaven she'd be,

Bm                      A7                 E                              A      - A7

    send out my chariot for the end of my trouble, I see.

D                             D7       - G                                            Gm

    Old rockin' chair got me,       Judgement Day is almost here,

D                                E   - A                D     -  B7

    I’m chained to my old        rockin' chair.

 

   E                          A                 D

+    Chained to my old rockin' chair.      +  D - E - A  (3x)    + D

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)   (Eric Clapton)