My Old Kentucky Home Goodnight chords by John Prine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |C |
|G |G |
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |G |
|C |C |

F C  D

Verse 1:
     C           F       C
Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
   C             G
'Tis summer, the old folks are gay
      C           F        C
Where the corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom
           G       C
While the birds make music all the day


Chorus:
C    F     C
Weep no more, my lady
  C       C
Oh, weep no more today
   C
We'll sing one song
    F      C
For my old Kentucky home
    C       G    C
For my old Kentucky home, far away


Post-Chorus:
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |C |
|G |G |
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |G |
|C |C |


Verse 2:
C               F         C
Well the young folks roll all around the cabin floor
C               G
They're merry, all happy and bright
    C             F        C
By-and-by hard times will come a-knocking at the door
           G      C
Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight


Chorus:
C    F     C
Weep no more, my lady
  C       C
Oh, weep no more today
   C
We'll sing one song
    F      C
For my old Kentucky home
    C       G    C
For my old Kentucky home, far away


Post-Chorus:
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |C |
|G |G |
|C |C |
|F |C |
|C |G |
|C |C |


Chorus:
C    F     C
Weep no more, my lady
  C       C
Oh, weep no more today
   C
We'll sing one song
    F      C
For my old Kentucky home
    C       G    C
For my old Kentucky home, far away
    C       G    C
For my old Kentucky home, far away