Buckeye Jim (chromatic)

by Burl Ives

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BUCKEYE JIM
Trad. Folk song
Burl Ives
Key: C
Time: 2/4

 4  -3  3   3  2  3   -3   3
Way up yon-der a-bove the sky
2  3    -3    3   2  2 -3    2   2-1 1
A blue-bird lived in a jay-bird's eye.

Chorus:
 2    3   1    1   -1   2
Buck-eye Jim, you can't go
3    3   -3   1     1   -1   2
Go weave and spin, you can't go
 2   -1   1
Buck-eye Jim

Way up yonder above the moon
A jaybird lived in a silver spoon.

Way down yonder in a wooden trough
An old woman died of the whoopin' cough.

Way up yonder above the sky
A jaybird spit in a bluebird's eye.