Biography:
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country musician known around the world as the "King of Country Music".
Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, to Ida Carr and Simon E. Neil Acuff (a Baptist preacher, judge and tenant farmer), the third of their five children. Originally, Acuff didn't plan to be a singer. Acuff sang in the church choir as a schoolboy, but he was more interested in sports, particularly baseball.
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Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys- Titanic- 1955
[Verse 1]
A
It was on one Monday morning
D A
About one o'clock
A
When that great Titanic
B7 E7
Began to reel and rock
A
People began to scream and cry
D A
Saying, oh, Lord, we're going to die
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 1]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 2]
A
When that great ship left England
D A
She was making for the shores
A
When the rich declared
B7 E7
They would not ride with the poor
A
So they put the poor below
D A
And they were the first to go
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 2]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 3]
A
When building that great ship
D A
They said what they would do
A
They said that they could build a ship
B7 E7
That water would not go through
A
God with power in his hand
D A
Showed the world it could not stand
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 3]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 1]
A
It was on one Monday morning
D A
About one o'clock
A
When that great Titanic
B7 E7
Began to reel and rock
A
People began to scream and cry
D A
Saying, oh, Lord, we're going to die
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 1]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 2]
A
When that great ship left England
D A
She was making for the shores
A
When the rich declared
B7 E7
They would not ride with the poor
A
So they put the poor below
D A
And they were the first to go
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 2]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Verse 3]
A
When building that great ship
D A
They said what they would do
A
They said that they could build a ship
B7 E7
That water would not go through
A
God with power in his hand
D A
Showed the world it could not stand
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
[Chorus 3]
D A
It was sad when that great ship went down
E7
It was sad when that great ship went down
A D A
Husbands and their wives, little children lost their lives
E7 A
It was sad when that great ship went down
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