C     Am     C     Am

[Verse 1]

C
Pot luck supper and barbecue
  Am
A cooler full of beer one for sodas too
   F
Us kids chasing fireflies with no shoes
G
Saturday sundown
C
Momma hollerin' y'all wash up
Am
Clean that plate with your cornbread crust
F
Don't drink from daddy's dixie cup
       G
Oh the guitars are comin' out

[Chorus]

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
     C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
      Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
    Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F               G        C          C/B         Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
           F             G                C    C/B     Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

[Verse 2]

C
Some sang low some high and lonesome
 Am
Will that circle be unbroken
F
Grab a part if you know one
   G
Or clap along instead
C
Son if you want to touch a guitar, ask
       Am
Sister sleepin' in Aunt Kate's lap
    F
I'd shake it like Elvis just to make 'em laugh
G
Before I went to bed

[Chorus]

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
     C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
      Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
    Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F               G        C          C/B         Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
           F             G                C    C/B     Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

[Bridge]

F
Take a little break
G
Talk a little fishin'
 C                        Am
Let the crickets sing the intermission
F
I'd drift off to dreamland
F          G
And they'd fire it up again

[Chorus]

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
     C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
      Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
    Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F               G        C          C/B         Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
           F             G                C    C/B     Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
           F             G                C    C/B     Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
           F             G                C
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth