Boy From Old Perlican - Ron Hynes Chords
Chords: Boy, From, D/F#, D/A, Dmaj7, Bm7, Em7, A, A7, G
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Genre: folk, rock, celtic
Boy From Old Perlican
By Newfoundland's own Ron Hynes
Chords by Jan Smith
D/F# - 200232
D/A - x04232
[Intro]
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7 A A7 Em7 A7
[Verse]
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
Stranded in Nashville. I’m a Boy from Old Perlican.
A A7 Em7 A7
I went Buskin’ down Broadway I made 4 bucks American.
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
An’ I’m homesick and wishin’ I was still back home fishin’
G D/F# Em7
But all those times are gone.
D/F# G D/F# Em7 A7 G D/F# Em7 A5
How strange to be in Tennessee singin’ Newfoundland Songs
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
I crossed over the border ‘neath the light from the stars.
A A7 Em7 A7
‘ had the luck of da Irish I had my daddy’s guitar.
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
It’s Gibson J 45, it’s gonna keep me alive.
G D/F# Em7
And comfort me midnight ‘til dawn.
D/F# G D/F# Em7
Aw how strange to be here in Tennessee
A7 G D Em F#
Singin’ Newfoundland Songs
Bm D/A G D/F#*
I know it isn’t Hank Williams, though I can sing him as well.
G D/F# Em7 A A7
I Sing Jimmy Roger’s Blue Yodel, I sing Lefty……… Frizzell.
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
And I’m a stranger here in Tennessee, I’m a boy from around the bay
A A7 Em7 A7
Ah yeah, but I know how to sing boys and I know how to play.
Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7
‘Cause my daddy taught me, taught me these words, taught me these chords.
G D/F# Em7 D/F#
And he taught me before he passed on.
G D/F# Em7 A G D/F# Em7
Ah how strange to be in Tennessee singin’ hard hard times
A G D/F# Em7
Singin’ kid on the pond.
A G D/F# Em7 F#
Singin’ Newfoundland songs.
Bm D/A G D/F#*
If there’s one small consolation here in these desperate times.
G D/F# Em F#
All those Nashville songwriters are tryin’ to look like Ron Hynes.
G D/F# Em7 A
How strange to be in Tennessee singin’ Newfoundland Songs.
[Outro]
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