Deford Rides Again Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

[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

ℹ️ About This Song

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

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• Song: Deford Rides Again
• Artist: Old Crow Medicine Show
• Released Date: 21 April 2022