David Allan Coe - The Punkin Center Barn Dance
Capo 1
[F]He came from Kentucky
[Bb]Least ways that's what I've been told
[C]Me and fate had left that state
Before his corpse got [F]cold
He'd been killed for gold
When Calif[Bb]ornia could be sold
To any [C]fool who had been told
About the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
[F]Mama had the fever
And my [Bb]Daddy sold his soul
To [C]someone called the devil
That he'd met along life's [F]road
Dad would stop to drink a toast
And [Bb]Mom was looking like a ghost
Was [C]gonna beat us to the coast
And the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
Chorus:
At the [Bb]Punkin Center Barn Dance
That's where everyone would [F]be
[Bb]Dancing to Virginia's Reel
And the [G]Waltz of Tenne[C]ssee
When the [F]roll is called up yonder
You can [Bb]hear the angels [F]sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
God is [C]gold, the grass is [F]green.
[F]Yeah, I left California
Just be[Bb]fore the Grateful Dead
[C]Told the truth about the gold
I'd searched for in my [F]head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land
And [Bb]Mom could never understand
How [C]Lucifer could bring a man
To the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
[F]Well, times are changin', poets say
[Bb]Since Mom and Dad both passed away[C]
But some things in this life
Will never [F]change
The poets write of things to come
The [Bb]Earth will melt into the Sun
[C]And you and I will be the ones
At the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
Chorus: X2
Capo 1
[F]He came from Kentucky
[Bb]Least ways that's what I've been told
[C]Me and fate had left that state
Before his corpse got [F]cold
He'd been killed for gold
When Calif[Bb]ornia could be sold
To any [C]fool who had been told
About the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
[F]Mama had the fever
And my [Bb]Daddy sold his soul
To [C]someone called the devil
That he'd met along life's [F]road
Dad would stop to drink a toast
And [Bb]Mom was looking like a ghost
Was [C]gonna beat us to the coast
And the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
Chorus:
At the [Bb]Punkin Center Barn Dance
That's where everyone would [F]be
[Bb]Dancing to Virginia's Reel
And the [G]Waltz of Tenne[C]ssee
When the [F]roll is called up yonder
You can [Bb]hear the angels [F]sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
God is [C]gold, the grass is [F]green.
[F]Yeah, I left California
Just be[Bb]fore the Grateful Dead
[C]Told the truth about the gold
I'd searched for in my [F]head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land
And [Bb]Mom could never understand
How [C]Lucifer could bring a man
To the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
[F]Well, times are changin', poets say
[Bb]Since Mom and Dad both passed away[C]
But some things in this life
Will never [F]change
The poets write of things to come
The [Bb]Earth will melt into the Sun
[C]And you and I will be the ones
At the Punkin Center [F]Barn Dance.
Chorus: X2
