Rabbit in a Log

Bill Monroe

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Instrumental intro

C G C G C

Verse 1

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

Chorus 1

  F                 C
I know (yes I know) I know (I surely know)
                               G
That’s the way I’ll get him, I know
         C
Oh, I’ll get me a briar and I’ll twist it in his hair
                    G          C
That's the way I’ll get him, I know

Instrumental

C G C G C

Verse 2

     C
I'll build me a fire and I’ll cook that ole hare
                                          G
I’ll roll him in them flames and make him brown
       C
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shinin’ bright
                  G            C
and find myself a place to lie down

Chorus 2

       F                     C
To lie down (to lie down) to lie down (to lie down)
                           G
Find myself a place to lie down
       C
Have a feast here tonight while the moon is shinin’ bright
                    G            C
Gonna find myself a place to lie down

Instrumental

C G C G C

Verse 3

    C
I’m going down the track with my coat ripped up my back
                             G
Soles on my shoes are nearly gone
       C
Just a little ways ahead there’s a farmer’s shed
                      G             C
and that’s where I’ll rest my weary bones

Chorus 3

      F                         C
Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)
                                G
That’s where I’ll rest my weary bones
       C
Just a little ways ahead there’s a farmer’s shed
                      G             C
and that’s where I’ll rest my weary bones

Instrumental

C G C G C

Chorus 3

      F                         C
Weary bones (weary bones) weary bones (you lazy bones)
                                     G
Yeah that’s where I’ll rest my weary bones
       C
Just a little ways ahead there’s a farmer’s shed
                      G             C
and that’s where I’ll rest my weary bones