Intro:
EmGACDEmEmG
Back Upon an old dirt road
A
Next to a swamp full of toads
was a slanted wood shack
CDEm
with three little kids and a momma
EmG
papa died in '63
A
left little jenny and me
C
to plant those 'taters and
DEm
pull up another tomorrow
Chorus:
GD
Rocky Mountain Music
GDADCG
Fills my memory with you
GD
Rocky mountain music
GDAFDEm
Papa can I hear you playin for me..
momma can I hear you singin to me..
brother can I hear you callin me..
EmG
Little brother was never quite right
A
he used to sit on the floor in the sunlight
playin with the dust
CDEm
that danced on the beams in the window
EmG
sister had to cook and clean
A
cuz momma she got sick and lean
CDEm
sometimes I think she just got that way missin poppa
EmG
well every thing has changed today
A
little brother he was taken away
CDEm
sister, she married a soldier and lives in Toledo
EmG
And me I'm in a Nashville bar
A
and I've never been so far..
from that old gravel road
CDEm
and the rivers that run through my mem'ry
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