OL’ DANIEL   [REVISED]                        ©1974 by John Bennett & 2005 by Jim Feldman

   E                    B7                                  E  E7     A                   C#m                               F# s7  B7

1. There he is   sittin’in his old rocking chair.       Starin’ out to where that train used to roll on by.

                E                     E7                A C#m              F#s7                      B7                  E       B7

Well the company shut down back in 1884.    And she don’t’ roll by our front door anymore

 

2. ‘T’was the whisky, not me, that said I tol’ you so. It’s been a long time, Daniel,why can’t you just let it go.

‘Twas the master, not me, that found a buyer for your bride.When he heard that she had your child  inside.

 

CHORUS 1:

            E                E7       A                        Am7                    E                                  B7          E     E7

            Daniel, O Daniel, listen to me now won’t damn you,   I know you’ve been broken in two

               A                     Am7                                                               F#s7  F#              G# A A#]   B7

I know your not listening; I know your hurt inside, But won’t you let me come shining       through.

REFRAIN 1: 

       [B C]     C#m  E                               A    C#m                   E                  E7      A

When I had heard the South had fallen,    Somewhere down ‘round Lexington.

            C#m                                  E E7                     A                                                C#m  

     Well I got down on my knees, and said,   “Thank you Lord for makin’ us free.”

                      F#s7 F#         B7          B/o      E E7  A Am7  [END: of song repeat 4X w/barrel house end]

But it just ain’t the same old used to be,

         F#s7 F#         B7          B/o      E      B7

No it just ain’t the same old used to be

  E              B7                            E    A             C#m                                F#s7 B7

3. Say boy, where you going today?  Say boy, where you going to stay anyway?

                   E                          E7             A                     C#m           

“I’m gonna find my wife and child, wherever they might be

                F#s7                    B7                  E          B7      E

Then I’m going to find my head in Tennessee.”

 

BRIDGE:

[ F# A#] A                               G#m          C#m                   C#m Bm  A

       You’ve got a sign hanging on your front door,

        A                                         B7                  E     E7  [ F# G#]

That says, don’t’ come ‘round here no more.

        A                      C#m                          G#s7       G#       C#m     C#m7

You left me speechless, And you show no sign of weakness

                     A                     G#s7                    C#m                F#s7

Well back off Jacky Daniels, I’ve got troubles of my own,

        A                                 B7                          E          

 But Daniel I don’t want you to leave here yet.

        A                                 B7                   E             B7  

No ’Daniel I don’t want to leave you just yet.

 

E                E7       A                                 Am7           E                                 B7          E

Daniel, O Daniel, listen to me now won’t damn you,   I know you’ve been broken in two

                         A         Am7                                                                      F#s7  F#                [G# A A#]   B7

Back when we weren’t free, we shared a respectful home But now you wanna leave here to die all     alone

 

REPEAT REFRAIN ABOVE           end:     BARREL ROLL