Burl Ives – Big Rock Candy Mountain chords

        Big Rock Candy Mountian – Burl Ives
                     CAPO 1 (or Not)
C                                              G          COne evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning
C                                                   G       CDown the track came a hobo hiking and he said, "Boys I'm not turning" I'm 
F           C           F     C     F        C       Gheaded for a land that's far away besides the crystal fountain So 
C                                G              Ccome with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountain

 
       C                                 F                    CIn  the Big Rock Candy Mountain There's a land that's fair and bright the 
F               C              F               Ghandouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the
C                            F                Cboxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day On the
F            C        F         C         F        Cbirds and the bees the cigarette trees the lemonade springs where the 
F       C            G              Cbluebird sings in The Big Rock Candy Mountain

 
      C                               F                CIn The Big Rock Candy Mountain all the cops have wooden legs and the 
F                C                    F                    Gbulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs The 
C                                       F                 Cfarmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay Oh I'm 
F       C              F        C                F        C bound to go where there ain't no snow where there ain't no fall and the
F          C           G              C winds don't blow in The Big Rock Candy Mountain 

      C                           F                 CIn The Big Rock Candy Mountain you never change your socks and the
F                C              F                  G  little streams of alcohol come a tricklin' down the rocks The
C                                      F                  C brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind There's a
F      C           F      C           F            C   lake of stew and of wiskey too you can paddle all around them in a 
F    C          G              Cbig canoe in The Big Rock Candy Mountain 

      C                           F                 CIn The Big Rock Candy Mountain the jails are made of tin and 
F                 C            F               G     you can walk right out again as soon as you are in There 
C                               F            Cain't no short handle shovels no axes saws or picks I'm 
F    C              F         Cgonna stay where you sleep all day where they
F       C            F     Chung the jerk that invented work in The 
G             C                   C F C FBig Rock Candy Mountain .....

C   F       C        F      C           G              CI'll see you all this commin fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountain

I just took what i thought was the best version and made it easier to read (for 
me) JMM.....take off this comment itll fit on 1 page