G F C G F C
G F C G F C


[Verse]

G
When I was a young boy
A
Watching our TV
C
All the family came
              G
And gathered around

A young man with a banjo
       A
With a grin from ear to ear
C                                  D
Pickin' out that high and lonesome sound
   Em
It wasn't any kind of sound
     A
That I had heard before
    C
Yet it was doggone plain
             D
And clear to me


[Chorus]

         G               Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G                        Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G          F   C    G F C
Rockabilly banjo
         G          F   C G F C
It was a rockabilly banjo


[Verse 2]

G
I got myself a fine string
     A
T'was missin' one or two
      C
So I fixed it up
                      G
The best that I could do

I played it night and day
   A
In every kind of way
     C                              D
I was pickin' pretty good you could say
  Em
I packed it up

Didn't get far
A
Played for tips

In the mason jar
       C
In the back of my head
                         D
That sound called out to me


[Chorus 2]

         G               Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G                        Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G          F  C  G F C
Rockabilly banjo
         G          F  C G F C
It was a rockabilly banjo


[Solo]

G A C G
G A C G
Em A C D


[Verse 2]

G
High up on a ridge
          a
I've been drinkin' too much fizz
C
Thinkin' I was done
              G
Gonna call it quits

Just th?n music filled the air
A
He was standin' th?re
        C
He said come sit down
                   G
We're gonna play a bit
Em
Playin' all the songs
       A
That I sang so long ago
   C
He shook my hand and said
                   D
I'm givin' this to you this to you



[Chorus 3]

         G               Em
It was a rockabilly banjo
G                        Em
Wish I knew what he knows
C
Sittin' on his front porch
D
Pickin' on the strings
C
Any kind of music
D
He can make it sing
G          F  C   G  F C
Rockabilly banjo
            G          F  C  G F C
He played a rockabilly banjo
G          F  C  G  F C
Rockabilly banjo
         G          F   C  G F C G
It was a rockabilly banjo