On the 21st of April 2022, the track was released.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: C
- Chords: G, D, C, F
- BPM: 137
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| G – 320003 D – xx0232 C – x32010 F – 133211 | G – 0232 D – 2220 C – 0003 F – 2010 |
Track Info
- Song: Deford Rides Again
- Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show
- Released Date: 21 April 2022
[Intro]
G [Verse]
G DeFord was a man from
Castlewood, Tenn' G Blowed on that harp
both night and day G How he wailed on them reeds
'til his lips would bleed G Played 'til the Lord knows when D Just a little baby boy
with a silver toy D And the polio strikin'
Fire and wind
D At four foot nine,
Just one of his kind G The greatest there ever been [Chorus]
C G Blow, blow, DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F G Oh, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again [Verse]
G Arise, gals and gents,
for the show to commence G There's a good-nature
riot on the air G Little DeFord's on the
loose with them
Muscle Shoals Blues
G Let the Jim Crow South beware
D Like the fox chasin' game
D He was black balled and shamed D Stripped out the silver
From his hand
D Now, it's welfare lines
And a dollar shine
G Singin', "Oh, Lord,
Ain't I a man?" [Chorus]
C G Blow, blow, DeFord, blow
C D Play that Pan-American
G F G Oh, oh, where did he go?
D G DeFord Bailey rides again [Solo]
C G C D G C G [Verse]
G Then he played his last
Note, in The Banner they wrote
G "Must have been those
Ice Water Blues"
G Now, up in Greenwood you'll
find a plot, four foot nine G For our city's biggest shame,
They whitewashed his name G For that kind of sin,
There ain't no excuse [Chorus]
C G Blow, blow, DeFord, blow C D Play that Pan-American G F G Oh, oh, where did he go? G DeFord Bailey rides again C G Blow, blow, DeFord, blow C D Playin' up in glory land G Whoa, oh, where did he go? D G DeFord Bailey rides again G DeFord Bailey rides again F G DeFord Bailey rides again
