[G6 322000]
[Intro]
G G G6 G G D7 G
G G G6 G G D G
G G G G G G G
G A7 D7
G C D7 G
[Verse 1]
G G6 G
I went to see my love the other night,
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
Everything wrong and nothing was right,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Verse 2]
G G6 G
She hit me with love and made me glad,
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
I kissed her once, she said; “You’re going for that?”,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Chorus]
G
Lord, I was a travelling, travelling,
A7 D7
As long as the world goes round,
G C
The pretty girls shine and don’t hold the line,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Interlude]
G G G6 G G D7 G
G G G6 G G D G
G G G6 G G D G
G G G6 G A7 D7 G
G
[Verse 3]
G G6 G
When I went to town the other night,
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
Heard a little noise and seen a big fight.
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Verse 4]
G G6 G
There’s a lot of policemen running around.
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
So the big load of moonshine comes down.
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Chorus]
G
Lord, I was a travelling, travelling,
A7 D7
As long as the world goes round,
G C
The pretty girls shine and don’t hold the line,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Interlude]
G
G
G
A7 D7
G C D G
G
[Verse 5]
G
I went down in the packing house and stole a ham.
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 D
Nobody don’t know how mean I am,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Verse 6]
G G6 G
I took it right home and laid it on the shelf,
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
I’m so mean I’m afraid of myself
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Chorus]
G
Lord, I was a travelling, travelling,
A7 D7
As long as the world goes round,
G C
The pretty girls shine and don’t hold the line,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Interlude]
G G G6 G G D7 G
G G G6 G G D G
G G G6 G G G G
G A7 D7
G C D7
G
[Verse 7]
G G6 G
The Bookkeeper swallowed a nickel one day,
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
Like that drove him crazy so they say,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Verse 8]
G G6 G
Just listen and I'll tell you what it's all about.
D7 G
Hold the woodpile down,
G G6 G
Goes a nickel in and a nickel out.
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Chorus]
G
Lord, I was a travelling, travelling,
A7 D7
As long as the world goes round,
G C
The pretty girls shine and don’t hold the line,
A7 D7 G
Hold the woodpile down.
[Outro]
G C D7
G
