Biography:
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina – May 29, 2012, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was a guitar player, banjo player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music.
Doc played guitar in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, but was best known for his flatpick work. His virtuosity combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival.
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- A
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- Banks Of The Ohio
- Big Spike Hammer
- Blue Railroad Train
- Born About Six Thousand Years Ago
- Call Of The Road
- Columbus Stockade Blues
- Crawdad Hole Song
- Curly Headed Baby
- Docs Guitar
- Dont Monkey Round My Widder
- Dream Of The Miners Child
- Footprints In The Snow
- Gamblers Yodel
- Georgie
- Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Greenville Trestle High
- Handsome Molly
- I Couldnt Believe It Was True
- I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
- Im Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
- Life Gits Teejus Dont It
- Listening To The Rain
- Little Darlin Pal Of Mine
- Little Orphan Girl
- Little Sadie
- Little Stream Of Whiskey
- Lost John
- Mama Dont Allow No Music
- Mandman With A Box
- Matchbox Blues
- Matty Groves
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Moody River
- More Pretty Girls Than One
- My Creole Belle
- My Rose Of Old Kentucky
- Nashville Picking
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobodys Fault But Mine
- Nothin To It
- Old Camp Meeting Time
- Omie Wise
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Ready For The Times To Get Better
- Rising Sun Blues
- Rye Cove
- Shady Grove
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- St James Hospital
- St James Infirmary
- Stackolee
- Streamline Cannonball
- Summertime
- T For Texas
- Tennessee Rag
- Tennessee Stud
- The Riddle Song
- The Telephone Girl
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Three Times Seven
- Tom Dooley
- Train Whistle Blues
- Traveling Man
- Treasures Untold
- Uncloudy Day
- Walk On Boy
- Way Downtown
- Weary Blues
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Life Gits Teejus Don't It - Doc Watson
Composer: Carson Robison
From the 1971 album "Doc Watson on stage".
Carson Robison, who wrote the song had a big hit in 1948 with it.
Original key :D
The structure of the backing is one bar of each chord. The words are SPOKEN above the backing.
Timing is for comic effect.
D / Em /
A / D /
D / Em /
A / D /
Intro:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#1:
D Em
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
A D
And the hands on the clock go round and round
D Em
An' I just get up and it's time to lay down,
A D
Life gets tee-jus, don't it?
#2:
D Em
My shoe's untied, but shucks, I don't care
A D
Cuz I reckon I ain't a-goin' nowhere,
D Em
I'd wash my face and comb my hair
A D
Huh, Just too much wasted effort.
D Em A D
#3:
D Em
I open the door and the flies swarm in
A D
and when I shut the door I'm a'sweating again
D Em
and in the process, I crack my shin
A D
Just one durned thing after another
#4:
D Em
The cow went dry and the hens won't lay
A D
And the fish all goodbyed last Saturday
D Em
My troubles keep pilin' up day by day
[No Chord]
(Long pause) And now I'm getting dandruff
A D
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#5:
D Em
My old grey mule, you know I think the rascal's sick
A D
For when I stuck him on the rump with a pin on a stick
D Em
He humped up his back, but he just wouldn't kick
A D
Theres something cock-eyed somewhere.
#6
D Em
Old hounds a'howlin' so forlorn
A D
Thats the laziest dog that ever was born
D Em
He's howlin' because he's sittin' on a thorn
A D
An' he's just too tired to move over.
D Em A D
#6
D Em
Tin Roof leaks and the chimney leans,
A D
An' there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans
D Em
And Ive ate up the last of the pork an' beans,
A D
Just can't depend on nuthin'
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#7
D Em
The mouse been a' gnawin' on my cupboard door
A D
He's been at it now for I guess a month or more
D Em
When he gets in there he's sure gonna be sore
A D
'Cause there ain't a darn thing in it.
D Em A D
#8
D Em
Well, it's debts and taxes and pains and woes
A D
Aches and miseries and that's how it goes
D Em
And dow I'm detting a coad in the nose,
A D
Life gets tasteless, don't it?
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#9
D Em
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
A D
And the hands on the clock go round and roumd
D Em
I just get up and it's time to lay down,
A D
Life gets tee-jus, don't it?
Composer: Carson Robison
From the 1971 album "Doc Watson on stage".
Carson Robison, who wrote the song had a big hit in 1948 with it.
Original key :D
The structure of the backing is one bar of each chord. The words are SPOKEN above the backing.
Timing is for comic effect.
D / Em /
A / D /
D / Em /
A / D /
Intro:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#1:
D Em
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
A D
And the hands on the clock go round and round
D Em
An' I just get up and it's time to lay down,
A D
Life gets tee-jus, don't it?
#2:
D Em
My shoe's untied, but shucks, I don't care
A D
Cuz I reckon I ain't a-goin' nowhere,
D Em
I'd wash my face and comb my hair
A D
Huh, Just too much wasted effort.
D Em A D
#3:
D Em
I open the door and the flies swarm in
A D
and when I shut the door I'm a'sweating again
D Em
and in the process, I crack my shin
A D
Just one durned thing after another
#4:
D Em
The cow went dry and the hens won't lay
A D
And the fish all goodbyed last Saturday
D Em
My troubles keep pilin' up day by day
[No Chord]
(Long pause) And now I'm getting dandruff
A D
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#5:
D Em
My old grey mule, you know I think the rascal's sick
A D
For when I stuck him on the rump with a pin on a stick
D Em
He humped up his back, but he just wouldn't kick
A D
Theres something cock-eyed somewhere.
#6
D Em
Old hounds a'howlin' so forlorn
A D
Thats the laziest dog that ever was born
D Em
He's howlin' because he's sittin' on a thorn
A D
An' he's just too tired to move over.
D Em A D
#6
D Em
Tin Roof leaks and the chimney leans,
A D
An' there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans
D Em
And Ive ate up the last of the pork an' beans,
A D
Just can't depend on nuthin'
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#7
D Em
The mouse been a' gnawin' on my cupboard door
A D
He's been at it now for I guess a month or more
D Em
When he gets in there he's sure gonna be sore
A D
'Cause there ain't a darn thing in it.
D Em A D
#8
D Em
Well, it's debts and taxes and pains and woes
A D
Aches and miseries and that's how it goes
D Em
And dow I'm detting a coad in the nose,
A D
Life gets tasteless, don't it?
Instrumental fill:
D Em A D
D Em A D
#9
D Em
The sun comes up and the sun goes down
A D
And the hands on the clock go round and roumd
D Em
I just get up and it's time to lay down,
A D
Life gets tee-jus, don't it?
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