Big Rock Candy Mountian – Burl Ives CAPO 1 (or Not) C G C One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning C G C Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said, "Boys I'm not turning" I'm F C F C F C G headed for a land that's far away besides the crystal fountain So C G C come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountain C F C In the Big Rock Candy Mountain There's a land that's fair and bright the F C F G handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the C F C boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every day On the F C F C F C birds and the bees the cigarette trees the lemonade springs where the F C G C bluebird sings in The Big Rock Candy Mountain C F C In The Big Rock Candy Mountain all the cops have wooden legs and the F C F G bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs The C F C farmer'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 C In 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 C big canoe in The Big Rock Candy Mountain C F C In 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 C ain't no short handle shovels no axes saws or picks I'm F C F C gonna stay where you sleep all day where they F C F C hung the jerk that invented work in The G C C F C F Big Rock Candy Mountain ..... C F C F C G C I'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