INTRO: D   G  C  Am   D   C D

                          G
Heard about circumstances
                C                   Am
Heard about the Devil's son-in-law
                                  D
Heard about the high sheriff from Hell


                                G
Heard about the Great Migration
                C             Am
Heard about the barrel house
                                D       C   G
Ragtime in the parlour room downstairs


CHORUS:

Can you hear the hum outside the door?
                        C               Em
Can you hear the hum outside the door?
                 G               C      Am
Can you hear the hum outside the door?
                 D                      G         D
Can you hear the hum, can you hear the hum?


                         G
Steady row and jelly jaw
                C            Am
Heard about the Hooverville
                               D
Heard about the long gone stevedores


                        G
Heard about prohibition
                C          Am
Heard about the Suki Jung
                                     D         C   G
Wasn't there to hear, "Come on in my Kitchen"


CHORUS:

Can you hear the strum outside the door?
                          C               Em
Can you hear the strum outside the door?
                 G                 C      Am
Can you hear the strum outside the door?
                 D              G     
Can you hear the strum, can you hear the strum?


INSTRUMENTAL: G   D  G  Am  D    G  C  Am  D


                               G
Heard about a gas light square
                 C          Am
Heard about Dime D. Morgan
                                  D
Heard you can't find New Creek anywhere


                          G
Heard about circumstances
                C                  Am
Heard about the Devil's son-in-law
                                  D         C   G
Heard about the high sheriff from Hell


CHORUS:

Can you hear the drum outside the door?
                         C               Em
Can you hear the drum outside the door?
                 G                C      Am
Can you hear the drum outside the door?
                 D             G     
Can you hear the drum, can you hear the drum?