Key : G
[Intro]
G F C G F C
G F C G F C
[Verse]
G
When I was a young boy
A
Watching our TV
C
All the family came
G
And gathered around
a young man with a banjo
A
With a grin from ear to ear
C D
Pickin' out that high and lonesome sound
Em
It wasn't any kind of sound
A
That I had heard before
C
Yet it was doggone plain
D
And clear to me
[Chorus]
G Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G F C G F C
Rockabilly banjo
G F C G F C
It was a rockabilly banjo
[Verse 2]
G
I got myself a fine string
A
T'was missin' one or two
C
So I fixed it up
G
The best that I could do
I played it night and day
A
In every kind of way
C D
I was pickin' pretty good you could say
Em
I packed it up
Didn't get far
A
Played for tips
In the mason jar
C
In the back of my head
D
That sound called out to me
[Chorus 2]
G Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G F C G F C
Rockabilly banjo
G F C G F C
It was a rockabilly banjo
[Solo]
G A C G
G A C G
Em A C D
[Verse 2]
G
High up on a ridge
a
I've been drinkin' too much fizz
C
Thinkin' I was done
G
Gonna call it quits
Just th?n music filled the air
A
He was standin' th?re
C
He said come sit down
G
We're gonna play a bit
Em
Playin' all the songs
A
That I sang so long ago
C
He shook my hand and said
D
I'm givin' this to you this to you
[Chorus 3]
G Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G F C G F C
Rockabilly banjo
G F C G F C
He played a rockabilly banjo
G F C G F C
Rockabilly banjo
G F C G F C G
It was a rockabilly banjo