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The Death Of Jimmy Martin - Tom Russell

The Death Of Jimmy Martin

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[Intro ]

G C F G C

Verse

Am

There's a hound dog running all alone through the piney woods

F C

Lord, his howling tears the soul out of me

Am

There's a jay bird calling out a funeral dirge

F C

In ancient harmony

Verse

Am F

Barb'ry Allen rolled over in a grave all morning

C F G

With roses growing out of her head

C F C F

Hey, god's gonna burn down Nashville, boys

C

'Cause Jimmy Martin's dead

G C

Ah, the great Jimmy Martin's gone dead

Verse

F C

You got twenty-twenty vision, but you're walking 'round blind

G C

You Grand Ole Opry fools

F C

With your hypocritic judgments and your self-righteous snobbery

G C

Your goddamned false hearted rule

Verse

Am F

You scorned Hank Williams, you shunned Jimmy Martin

C F G

Boys who sang with tongues on fire

C F C

So god's gonna burn down your Grand Ole Opry

F C

Hear the screams of the hypocrites and liars

G C

They feel safer now that Jimmy has expired

Chorus

G F

Yeah, run, Pete, run, your master's calling you

C F G

He's waiting on up ahead

Am F C

Don't look back, Nashville's burning down

G C

Jimmy Martin's dead

G C

Oh, the great Jimmy Martin's gone dead

Instrumental

C F C F C G C

Am F C G C F C F C G C

Verse

F C

Yeah, don't call me no country singer

G C

Those are poison words to me

F C

'Cause I ain't heard a good country song

G C

Since Nineteen Seventy-Three

Verse

Am F

Ah, the king of bluegrass has died for your sins

C F G

The whore of Babylon is sleeping in your bed

C F C F

So, god's gonna burn down Nashville, boys

C

'Cause Jimmy Martin's dead

G C

Yeah, the great Jimmy Martin's gone dead

Chorus

G F

Yeah, run, Pete, run, your master's calling you

C F G

He's waiting on up ahead

Am F C

Don't look back, Nashville's burning down

G C

Jimmy Martin's dead

G C

Ah, the great Jimmy Martin's gone dead

Outro

F C

There's a hound dog running all alone through the piney woods

F C

The howling tears the soul out of me

How to play The Death Of Jimmy Martin

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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