Sitting On Top Of The World
Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon
Key of G · Chords: I IV V vi
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G Was in the spring one sunny day C G My good gal left me, she went away G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world
Verse 2
G She called me up from down in El Paso C G Said come back, daddy, how I need you so G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world
Verse 3
G Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust C G Show me a woman a man can trust G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world
Verse 4
G The Mississippi River, runs deep and wide C G The one I’m loving is on the other side G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world
Verse 5
G You don’t like my peaches, don’t you shake my tree C G Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world
Verse 6
G Don’t you come here running, holding out your hand C G I’ll get me a woman like you got your man G Em Well, now she’s gone, but I don’t worry G D G Lord I’m sitting on top of the world