Key:G
Stephen Foster 1853
SIMPLIFIED CHORDS – Alt C, F and G7
The [G] sun shines bright on my [C] old Kentucky [G] home
‘Tis [G] summer, and old folks are [D7] gay
The [G] corn top’s ripe and the [C] meadow’s in [G] bloom
While the [G] birds make [D7] music all the [G] day
The [G] young folks roll on the [C] little cabin [G] floor
They’re [G] merry, all happy and [D7] bright
By ‘n [G] by hard times come a-[C]-knocking at the [G] door
Then my [G] old Kentucky [D7] home, good [G] night.
[CHORUS] – –
They [G] hunt no more for the [C] ‘possum and the [G] coon,
On [G] meadow, the hill and the [D7] shore,
They [G] sing no more by the [C] glimmer of the [G] moon,
On the [G] bench by that [D7] old cabin [G] door.
The [G] day goes by like a [C] shadow o’er the [G] heart,
With [G] sorrow where all was de-[D7]-light.
The [G] time has come when the [C] old folks have to [G] part,
Then my [G] old Kentucky [D7] home, good [G] night.
[CHORUS] – – [G] Weep no [C] more my [G] lady,
oh [C] weep no more to-[G]-day.
We will [G7] sing one song for my [C] old Kentucky [G] home,
for my [G] old Kentucky [D7] home far [G] away.
The [G] head must bow and the [C] back will have to [G] bend,
Where-[G]-ever our future may [D7] go
A [G] few more days and the [C] trouble will [G] end,
In the [G] field where [D7] sugar-canes may [G] grow.
A [G] few more days for to [C] tote the weary [G] load,
No [G] matter, ’twill never be [D7] light.
A [G] few more days till we [C] totter on the [G] road,
Then my [G] old Kentucky [D7] home, good [G] night.
[CHORUS] – –
