Old Pappy's New Banjo Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The fun[C]eral was over,
the [F]folks started [D]home
It [G]was only a few that were [C]there
A lonely little fellow on [F]an old wagon [D]seat,
His [G]heart ached too heavy to [C]bear.
Turn to his father who [F]drove the old mule
[D]His fac[G]e plainly showed the deep hur[C]t
Why did they put Grandpappy
in [F]that old wooden box
[D]Then cov[G]er him over with dir[C]t?
The man searched for an answer
as the old mule walked [F]along
Through his tears he [D]gazed down the road,
[G]As [Bb]he held the little boy
close [F]to his old [G]ragged shirt,
And [C]tried awful hard to lighten his load.
Why, Pappy wasn't in that box, boy,
The Lord [F]took him out.
He [Dm]came and [D]got Pappy last night
while [G]he was asleep.
And that old coffin,
that's all [C]they buried today, boy.
That's the truth, [Ab]honey baby,
don't you [Db]weep
You remember how old Pappy [Eb]always
say [Gb]he think he need a new banjo?
Well, [Gbm]the Lord know that
[Db]And he come and got Pappy
He [Bbm]found him a -dreamin'
an[Eb]d a -rockin'
in that old rockin' chair
[Ab]And he take him up to heaven
and [Db]he show him a big beautiful garden
And he say, Pappy, [Gb]you work it
You not only get a [Gbm]new banjo
but you'll get [Gb]a new [Db]mule, a good mule,
[Ab]and a plow that's [Db]got a
golden plowshare.
That's what he'd say to Pappy.
Yeah, Pappy's gone away,
but he's got a [Gb]new banjo,
a brand new one,
and he's just [Db]set ting up there rockin'
and a -plinkin' [Bbm]on them golden stairs.
[Eb]And I'll tell you something else,
[Ab]boy, Pappy's got a new mule,
[Db]a good mule this time.
And old Pappy's [Gb]workin' in a big,
beautiful [Gbm]garden
And he's [Db]plowin' with
that golden plowshare
[Ab]That[Db]'s the truth, honey baby,
that's the truth