Arkansas Traveler Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]A o[F]nce[G] up[C]on a time in [F]Arkansas,[C]
An [G]old man [C]sat in his [G]little cabin door,
And [C]he fiddled at [F]a tune
that he [C]liked to hear,
A [F]jolly old tune that he [G]played by [C]ear.
It was raining hard,
[F]but the fid[C]dler didn't car[G]e,
He [C]sawed [G]away at the [C]popular air[G].
Though his [C]roof tree
[F]leaked like [C]a waterfall,
[G]It did[C]n't seem to bot[F]her
the [G]man at [C]all.[F][G]
[C]A traveler was r[F]iding b[C]y that day,
And [G]stopped to [C]hear him
a [G]-practicing away
The [C]cabin was [F]afloat
and his [C]feet were wet
But [F]still the old man didn't [G]seem to [C]fret
So the stranger said,
[F]now the[C] way it seems to me[G]
You'd [C]better [G]mend your [C]roof, said [G]he
But the [C]old man [F]said as he [C]played away
[G]I cou[C]ldn't mend it now[F],
it's [G]a rainy [C]day[F][G]
[C]The traveler [F]replied, that's [C]all quite true
But [G]this, I [C]think, [G]is the thing to do
Get [C]busy on a [F]day that is [C]fair and bright
Then [F]patch the old roof
till [G]it's good and [C]tight
But the old man [F]kept on a
[C]-playin' at [G]his reel
And [C]tap the [G]ground with his [C]leathery [G]heel
Get [C]along, said [F]he, for you [C]give me a [G]pain
My [C]cabin never [F]leaks when
[G]it doesn't [C]rain[F][G]