| G | C | C | G |
| G | D | D | G |
| G | D | D | G |
| G | D | D | G |
| A | D | D | A |
| A | E | E | A |
| A | E | E | A |
| A | E | E | A |
Don’t you rock-im dye-dee-o
Don’t you rock-im dye-dee-o
Don’t you rock-im dye-dee-o
Don’t you rock-im dye-dee-o
Note: After each line of the verse, either play the fiddle part as an answer back or sing “sail away ladies, sail away.”
Hush now darling don’t you cry
You’ll be an angel when you die
I’m going back to Tenessee
That’s the place I want to be
Whevener I get my new house done
I’ll love them pretty girls one by one