Song Name: | Jimmy Brown The Newsboy | By: | Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Roger Miller |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | F | Genre: | Country |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-09-21 21:09:14 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY
By: A.P. Carter Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Roger Miller, Skeeter Davis Key: F This is one song worth finding On you tube. I heard it on the Radio. It�s a tremendously sad Song. The more emotion you can Work into it the better. 4 4 4 5 6 -6 6 6 I sell the morn-ing pa-pers sir 6 5 6 5 -4 -4 my name is Jim-my Brown -4 3 3 -3 -4 5 5 -5 Most ev-�ry-bod-y knows I am 5 5 -4 -3 4 4 the news-boy of the town 5 -4 4 4 5 6 -6 -6 6 You will hear me yell-in' Morn-ing Star 6 6 5 6 -5 5 -4 As I run a-long the street -4 3 3 -3 -4 5 5 -5 I have no hat up-on my head -5 5 -4 -3 -3 4 no shoes up-on my feet 4 4 5 6 -6 -6 6 Nev-er mind sir how I look 6 5 6 -5 5 -4 don't look at me and frown 4 4 4 5 6 -6 6 6 I sell the morn-ing pa-pers sir 6 5 6 5 -4 -4 my name is Jim-my Brown 5 4 4 5 6 -6 -6 6 I'm aw-ful cold and hun-gry sir 5 5 6 -5 5 -4 my clothes are torn and thin -4 3 3 3 -3 -4 5 5 -5 I wan-der a-bout from place to place -5 5 -4 -3 -3 4 my dai-ly bread to win 5 4 4 5 6 -6 -6 6 My fath-er died a drunk-ard sir 5 5 6 -5 5 -4 I've heard my moth-er say -4 3 3 3-3 -4 5 5 -5 and I am help-in' moth-er sir 6 -5 5 -4 -3 -3 4 as I journ-ey on my way 5-4 4 4 5 6 -6 -6 6 My moth-er al-ways tells me sir 6 5 6 6 -5 -5 5 -4 I've noth-ing in the world to lose -4 3 3 -3 -4 5 5 -5 I'll get a place in heav-en sir -5 5 -4 -3 -3 4 to sell the Gos-pel News REPEAT |