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Kentucky Pool by John Hartford
Kentucky Pool
Capo:no capo
Banjo Tuned to E, Key of D, No Capo
[Verse]
D G D
Well a faint silhouette to my left, fainter still to my right
A D
Even the searchlights long white spear cant find the buoys tonight
G
Running right where I thought I should be running, but some-how I got
D
turned around.
D A
All the time I thought I was going up-river, I was really going
D
down.
[Chorus]
G D
Kentucky pool made a fool out of me,
G
I thought I was running on the Tennessee River,
D
It must be the deep blue sea.
[Verse]
G D
Well a dagblamed bluegrass picker has got no business afloat,
G
Needs to be somewhere playing this fiddle instead of trying to
A D
steer this boat.
D D
The captain is on the deck below..he will soon becoming upstairs,
G D
Ive been listening for Channel 13, and his footsteps on the stairs
[Chorus]
G D
Kentucky pool made a fool out of me,
G
I thought I was running on the Tennessee River,
D
It must be the deep blue sea.
[Verse]
D G D
Well the radios nothing but static, and cold as a knife I can feel
G A
The rains coming over the breastboard and the chart fell down
D
behind the wheel.
G
I may be getting ready to run over this buoy, while trying to find
D
the next.
G
Ive been praying to God, and Captain Weigh, I dont have no
A D
steamboat wreck
[Chorus]
G D
Kentucky pool made a fool out of me,
G
I thought I was running on the Tennessee River,
D
It must be the deep blue sea.
G A D
And its raining, raining on me........
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