Tune of a Twenty Dollar Bill

Lonesome River Band

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                          D
It was the first time ever he saw her
D                      C          D      G
He saw his future in a long white cotton gown
G                                                    D
Sittin' there at the church house, she was gonna get baptized
D                                 G
They was gonna have dinner on the grounds

Verse 2

G                           D
So the very next Friday, he got off at the sawmill
D                                  C      D    G
He slicked his hair back, he had a pocket full of pay
G                                                         D
When she opened up the front door, he was grinnin' like a possum
D                                       G
As he handed her a daisy, she heard him say

Chorus

G                                      C
Hey, let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill
C                                     G
They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill
G                                     C
And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still
C                     D                      G
By my daddy's lantern light, let me walk you home

Verse 3

G                                              D
After they got married, it didn't seem like no time
D                                        C            D   G
They just sayin' their goodbye's, he's a goin' to the big world war
G                                              D
'Bout a lifetime later, she's a waitin' at the depot
D                                               G
He said I ain't a gonna leave you, no, never no more

Chorus

G                                      C
Said let's go dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill
C                                     G
They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill
G                                     C
And by midnight we just might wind up dancin' standin' still
C                     D                      G
By my daddy's lantern light, let me walk you home

Verse 4

G                                             D
In front of friends and kinfolk and all of us grandkids
D                                     C          D      G
In the same little church house, in a long white cotton gown
G                                                              D
He bent down and he kissed her, he said, I'm right behind you, honey
D                                      G
It wasn't long 'til we laid him in the ground

Chorus

G                                        C
And now they're dancin' to the tune of a twenty dollar bill
C                                     G
They've got a fine fiddle band at the barn up on the hill
G                                       C
And by midnight they just might wind up dancin' standin' still
C                       D                      G
By the Father's lantern light, they're walkin' home