Intro:                     
Pick-up on low E-string: | 3-0-2 | C | G | D7 | G

      G                  G7
There once was a musical troupe,
C                     G
A picking, singing folk group.
    C                G
They sang the mountain ballads,
       F                D    D7
And the folk songs of our land.
          G                G7
They were long on musical ability,
      C                     G
Folks thought they would go far;
      C                G
But political incompatibility,
D                G
Lead to their downfall.

         C                   G
Well the one on the right was   on the left,
       D                     G
And the one in the middle was   on the right;
       C                   G
And the one on the left was   in the middle,
       D               D7       G
And the guy on the rear    was a Methodist. (Intro)