Tripper Jimmy Rankin Tab By Conor MacIntyre conor_111@hotmail.com 'Twas a [C]brisk autumn day they [Am]remember it well [F]Tripper went strolling [C]along He was merely a boy his [Am]mom's pride and joy So [C]sure he could do no[F] wrong Running [C]down to the river then [Am]up by the tracks [C]Pretending he was Jesse[F] James With his [Am]father's old hat, a [C]stick for a [F]gun [C] Tripper walked [G]home in the [C]rain Such a [C]glorious sight Fresh [Am]flowers in bloom In the [F]spring when the ice takes to [C]thaw But it's a rough wretched road a [Am]man has to go [C]Living outside of the [F]law For a [C]dark dirty cell was [Am]Tripper's own hell [C]Survival was his battle [F]cry If [Am]drinking don't kill me or a [C]villainous [F]gun [C]He said I'll [G]live 'til I [C]die Chorus: [Em]Mother dear I'm in [Am]trouble here Far [F]away in the distant [C]West [Em]I've laid down on [Am]stony ground I'm not [F]feeling all the [G]best [C]Cold wind on the river and [Am]rain on the road Every [F]light in the house burning [C]strong Somebody's saying a [Am]sad rosary [C]Wondering where Tripper went [F]wrong 'Cause he [C]met his own maker to a [Am]grim undertaker Took a [C]knife too deep in the [F]lung In a [Am]dim parking lot his [C]very last [F]thoughts Were the [C]days he went [G]strolling [C]along Chorus: [Em]Mother dear I'm in [Am]trouble here Far [F]away in the distant [C]West [Em]I've laid down on [Am]stony ground I'm not [F]feeling all the [G]best 'Twas a [C]brisk autumn day they [Am]remember it well [C]Tripper went [G]strolling [C]along