I've Been All Around This World
Traditional, as recorded by Rufus Crisp
(The Grateful Dead play this old Appalachian ballad without the change to the G chord in the second
line, but I prefer Crisp's version-Glenn Weiser)
C
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
G
C
F
C
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
F
C
A rifle on my shoulder, six-shooter in my hand;
G
C
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.
Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
Lulu, my Lulu come and open the door.
Before I have to walk in with my old 'forty-four'.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.
Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
Mama and Papa, little sister makes three.
They're comin' in the mornin' ; that's the last you'll see of me.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.
Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone.
Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone.
I wouldn't mind your hangin', boys but you wait in jail so long.
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand.
A rifle on my shoulder, six shooter in my hand;
Oh Lord, I been all around this world.