F
He came from Kentucky
Bb
Least ways that's what I've been told
C
Me and fate had left that state
                      F
Before his corpse got cold
He'd been killed for gold
          Bb
When California could be sold
       C
To any fool who had been told
                        F
About the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Mama had the fever
       Bb
And my Daddy sold his soul
   C
To someone called the devil
                           F
That he'd met along life's road
Dad would stop to drink a toast
    Bb
And Mom was looking like a ghost
    C
Was gonna beat us to the coast
                      F
And the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

[Chorus]
       Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
                            F
That's where everyone would be
Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel
        G             C
And the Waltz of Tennessee
         F
When the roll is called up yonder
        Bb              F
You can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
       C                  F
God is gold, the grass is green.

F
Yeah, I left California
       Bb
Just before the Grateful Dead
C
Told the truth about the gold
                       F
I'd searched for in my head
Like my Dad I'd roamed the land
    Bb
And Mom could never understand
    C
How Lucifer could bring a man
                     F
To the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

F
Well, times are changin', poets say
Bb                                 C
Since Mom and Dad both passed away
But some things in this life
           F
Will never change
The poets write of things to come
    Bb
The Earth will melt into the Sun
C
And you and I will be the ones
                     F
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance.

[Chorus]
       Bb
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
                            F
That's where everyone would be
Bb
Dancing to Virginia's Reel
        G             C
And the Waltz of Tennessee
         F
When the roll is called up yonder
        Bb              F
You can hear the angels sing
At the Punkin Center Barn Dance
       C                  F
God is gold, the grass is green.