Have A Feast Here Tonight

Bill Monroe

Written by Charlie Monroe

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
There's a rabbit in the log and I ain't got my dog
                     G7
How will I get him I know
     C
I'll get me a briar and twist it in his hair
     G7                 C
That way I'll get him I know

Verse 2

  F                   C
I know (yes I know) I know (I surely know)
                          G7
That's how I'll get him I know
     C
I'll get me a briar and twist in his hair
              G7        C
That way I'll get him I know

Verse 3

I'll build me a fire and I'll cook that old hare
                                    G7
Roll him in the flames and make him brown
       C
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
              G7           C
And find me a place to lie down

Verse 4

   F                         C
To lie down (to lie down) to lie down (to lie down)
                       G7
Find me a place to lie down
       C
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shining bright
              G7           C
And find me a place to lie down

Verse 5

I'm going down that track with my coat and my bag
                             G7
Soles on my shoes are nearly gone
  C
A little ways ahead there's a farmer's shed
                  G7            C
That's where I'll rest my weary bones

Verse 6

      F                         C
Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)
                                G7
That's where I'll rest my weary bones
  C
A little way's ahead there's a farmer's shed
                  G7            C
That's where I'll rest my weary bones