Big Rock Candy Mountain Theme

one ( D ) evening , ( A7 ) as the ( D ) sun went ( A7 ) down and the ( D ) jungle ( A7 ) fires were ( D ) burning , down the track came A ( A7 ) hobo , ( D ) hamming , and he said , "boys , ( A7 ) i’m not ( D ) turning . i’m ( G ) headed for A ( D ) land that’s ( G ) far A - ( D ) way be - ( G ) side the crystal ( A ) fountains . i’ll ( D ) see you ( A7 ) all this ( D ) coming ( A7 ) fall in the ( D ) big rock ( A7 ) candy ( D ) mountain . verses : in the ( D ) big rock candy mountains there’s A ( G ) land that’s fair and ( D ) bright , where the ( G ) handouts grow on ( D ) bushes and you ( G ) sleep out ev’ry ( A ) night , where the ( D ) boxcars are all empty , and the ( G ) sun shines ev’ry ( D ) day o the ( G ) birds and the ( D ) bees and the ( G ) cigarette ( D ) trees , the ( G ) lemonade ( D ) springs where the ( G ) blue birds ( D ) sings in the ( A7 ) big rock candy ( D ) mountains . in the ( D ) big rock candy mountains , all the ( G ) cops have wooden ( D ) legs , and the ( G ) bulldogs all have rubber ( D ) teeth and the ( G ) hens lay soft - boiled ( A ) eggs . the farmer’s ( D ) trees are full of fruit and the ( G ) barns are full of ( D ) hay . o ( G ) i’m bound to ( D ) go , where ( G ) there ain’t no ( D ) snow , where ( G ) the sleet don’t ( D ) fall and ( G ) the wind don’t ( D ) blow in the ( A ) big rock candy ( D ) mountains . in the ( D ) big rock candy mountains , you ( G ) never change your ( D ) socks , and ( G ) the little streams of ( D ) alkyhol come ( G ) trickling down the ( A ) rocks . the brakemen ( D ) all have to tip their hats and the ( G ) railroad bulls are ( D ) blind , there’s ( G ) a lake of ( D ) stew and ( G ) of whiskey , ( D ) too , and ( G ) you can paddle all ( D ) around in ( G ) a big ( D ) canoe in the ( A ) big rock candy ( D ) mountains . in the ( D ) big rock candy mountains , the ( G ) jails are made of ( D ) tin , and ( G ) you can bust right out ( D ) again , as ( G ) soon as they put you ( A ) in . there ( D ) ain’t no shorthandled shovels no ( G ) axes , saws or ( D ) picks - i’m ( G ) A - going to ( D ) stay , where ( G ) you sleep all ( D ) day where ( G ) they hung the ( D ) turk that ( G ) inventor of ( D ) work in the ( A ) big rock candy ( D ) mountains . G D G D ( G ) ill see you ( D ) all ( G ) this coming ( D ) fall in the ( A ) big rock candy ( D ) mountain