Biography:
Jerry Jeff Walker (born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York, on 16 March 1942; died 23 October 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known for writing the 1968 song "Mr. Bojangles".
During the late 1950s, Crosby was a member of a local Oneonta teen band called The Tones. The band traveled to Philadelphia to audition for Dick Clark's "American Bandstand", but were turned down. Members of the band found Dick Clark's
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- Backsliders Wine
- Broken Toys
- Charlie Dunn
- Couldnt Do Nothin Right
- Cowboy Boots And Bathing Suits
- Dear John Letter
- Dear John Letter Lounge
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
- Dont It Make You Wanna Dance
- Dust On My Boots
- Fading Lady
- Feel Like Hank Williams Tonite
- Flowers In The Snow
- Gettin By
- Getting By
- Gonzo Compadres
- Got Lucky Last Night
- Gringo In Belize
- Hairy Ass Hillbillies
- Hairy Ass Hillbilly
- Heart Of A Saturday Night
- Hill Country Rain
- I Feel Like Hank Williams
- I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight
- Its A Good Night For Singing
- Ive Got Boats To Build
- Jaded Lover
- La Freeway
- Leavin Texas
- Little Bird
- London Homesick Blues
- Love Changes Everything
- Mannys Hat Song
- Messin With Texas
- More Often Than Not
- Mr Bojangles
- Mr Bojangles On One Page
- My Old Man
- Navajo Rug
- No Roots In Ramblin
- Northeast Texas Women
- Old Beat Up Guitar
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- One Too Many Mornings
- Pickup Truck Song
- Please Let Me Be
- Pot Cant Call The Kettle Black
- Public Domain
- Railroad Lady
- Redneck Mother
- Rhythm Of The Rain
- Rockin Chair
- Rodeo Wind
- Sailing
- Sangria Wine
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Some Go Home
- Song For The Life
- Stereo Chickens
- Stoney
- Takin It As It Comes
- That Old Beat Up Guitar
- The Dutchman
- The First Showboat
- The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder
- Viva Luchenbach
- What I Like About Texas
- Woman In Texas
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Rockin' Chair
Lyrics by Rick Cardwell
As performed by Jerry Jeff Walker live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop, Austin, TX
[Verse]
E A E
There's an old rockin' chair spreading memories everywhere
B7
On that old home porch across from Tipple's store.
E A E
You can see where the wood is worn, where my granddaddy rested his arm
B7 E
As he rocked me in that rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
E A E
I was horn in a broken home, I was blinded by things gone wrong.
B7
Had no vision of what the future held in store.
E A E
Just a baby barely three, when my granddaddy came for me
B7 E E7
To rock me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
[Chorus]
A E
If that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind
B7
Oh the stories it could tell time after time.
E A E
Stories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.
B7 E
Oh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.
[Verse]
E A E
Granddaddy lived the Christian way, truth and goodness he portrayed.
B7
He loved to gather his thoughts as he rocked on the hardwood floor
E A E
And while he’s sit and rock, he paid no mind to the time on the clock.
B7 E E7
And rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
[Chorus]
A E
If that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind
B7
Oh the stories it could tell time after time.
E A E
Stories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.
B7 E
Oh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.
B7 E A E
As he rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more, don’t rock no more.
Lyrics by Rick Cardwell
As performed by Jerry Jeff Walker live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop, Austin, TX
[Verse]
E A E
There's an old rockin' chair spreading memories everywhere
B7
On that old home porch across from Tipple's store.
E A E
You can see where the wood is worn, where my granddaddy rested his arm
B7 E
As he rocked me in that rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
E A E
I was horn in a broken home, I was blinded by things gone wrong.
B7
Had no vision of what the future held in store.
E A E
Just a baby barely three, when my granddaddy came for me
B7 E E7
To rock me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
[Chorus]
A E
If that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind
B7
Oh the stories it could tell time after time.
E A E
Stories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.
B7 E
Oh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.
[Verse]
E A E
Granddaddy lived the Christian way, truth and goodness he portrayed.
B7
He loved to gather his thoughts as he rocked on the hardwood floor
E A E
And while he’s sit and rock, he paid no mind to the time on the clock.
B7 E E7
And rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.
[Chorus]
A E
If that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind
B7
Oh the stories it could tell time after time.
E A E
Stories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.
B7 E
Oh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.
B7 E A E
As he rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more, don’t rock no more.
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