Artist/Band: James King Tabs
Song: Roy Lee Tab
Roy Lee
Thirty Years of Farming
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of E to match cd
I played sound byte Capo 2 (F#), still key of E
Roy Lee
E A E
He was a simple man from the mountains,
B7 E
Those hills put a song in his heart
A E
And how the miles can take you from wherever you are
A B7 E
And how he felt when he held his guitar
A E
He turned the heads of the ladies,
A E
Wound up in jail from the men that he'd fight
A E
Had to wash down his suffering with white pills and whiskey
A B7 E
Cause he was restless and tortured, inside
Chorus:
E A E
Now he's crossed his last lonesome river,
B7 E
Knowing strangers, and stonewalls are still far
A E
Now he is back in the mountains were I hope he finds peace
A E
God Bless him, rest him, Roy Lee
Instrumental:
E A E
Some said he was mean and cold-hearted
B7 E
Some said a victim of life's circumstance
A E
Oh, but we all agree, he was a man from the mountains
A E
Only he and his God understands
Chorus:
tag:
A E
Now he's back on the mountain where I hope he finds peace
A E
God Bless him, and rest him, Roy Lee
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