The Old Settler's Song Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]I've
traveled all over this country
Prospectin' and diggin' for [Bm]gold.
I've [D]tunneled, hydraulic- ed, and cradled,
And I have been [A]frequently [D]sold.
And I have been frequently [G]so- o- old,
And [D]I have been frequently s[Bm]old.
I've [D]tunneled, hydraulic- ed, and cradled,
and I have been frequently
[A]sold.
[D][Bm]

[Verse 2]
[D][Bm]
For [D]each man who got rich by mining,
Perceiving that hundreds [Bm]grew poor,
[D]I made up my mind to try farming:
The only pur[A]suit that [D]was sure.
So rollin' my grub in my blanket
I left all my tools [Bm]on the ground.
[D]I started one mornin' to shag it
For the country they [A]call Puget [D]Sound.
For the country they call
[Bm]Puget [D]So- [G]o- ound,
For the [D]country they call Puget [Bm]Sound.
[D]I started one mornin' to shag it
For the country they call [A]Puget
Sound.
[D][Bm]

[Verse 3]
[D][Bm]
Ar[D]riving flat broke in midwinter,
I found it enveloped [Bm]with fog
And [D]covered all over with timber,
Thick as hair on the [A]back of a [D]dog.
As I looked at the prospects so gloomy,
The tears trickled over [Bm]my face
And I [D]thought that my travels
had brought me
To the end of the [A]jumpin' off [D]place.
To the end of the jumpin'
off [G]pla- a- ace,
To the [D]end of the jumpin' [Bm]off place.
I [D]thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of [A]the jumpin' off
[D]place.[Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm]

[Verse 4]
But [D]now as I look all around me,
Observing the world and [Bm]its shells,
I [D]think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by [A]acres of [D]clams.
Surrounded by acres of [G]cla- a- ams,
Sur[D]rounded by acres of [Bm]clams.
I [D]think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by [A]acres of [D]clams.
[Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm]
Sur[D]rounded by [A]acres of [D]clams,[Bm][D]
By [A]acres of [D]clam[Bm]s.
[D][Bm][D][Bm][D]