The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10108   Message #968333
Posted By: BanjoRay
18-Jun-03 - 09:08 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Rattlesnake Mountain/Springfield Mountain
Subject: RE: Rattlesnake Mountain / Springfield Mountain
Woody Guthrie sang a version of which I only remember the first verse. I give the chords to render a rough idea of how it went.

On Springfield me-why me-why mountain
D7-------------G
There did dee-why dee-why dwell
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a pretty little ge-why ge-why gal
G---------------D7
And I knowed her he-why he-why well
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To my root-eye roo, my root-eye root-eye ray
D7-------------G----------------D7-------G

Anyone know any more of this?
Ray