More songs by The Kingston Trio

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"GREENBACK DOLLAR" by The Kingston Trio www.kingstontrio.com
From their 1962 album New Frontier
Written by Hoyt Axton & Kennard Ramsey
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

        Em                     G
        Some people say I'm a no-'count
        G
        Others say I'm no good
            G          C            G
        But I'm just a natural born traveling man
        D                    Em
        Doing what I think I should oh yeah
        D                    Em
        Doing what I think I should

          G            C            G         C
    And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollar
 G           C          G   C
    Spend it fast as I can
          G        C         G        C
    For a wailing song and a good guitar
        D                        Em
    The only things that I understand poor boy
        D                        Em
    The only things that I understand

        Em                   G
        When I was a little baby
           G
        My mama said hey son
        G                C         G
        Travel where you will and grow to be a man
            D                  Em
        And sing what must be sung poor boy
        D                  Em
        Sing what must be sung

        Em              G
        Now that I'm a grown man
             G
        I've traveled here and there
             G              C          G
        I've learned that a bottle of brandy and a song
            D                   Em
        The only ones who ever cared poor boy
            D                   Em
        The only ones who ever cared

Transcribed 2026-08-01 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

02200x Em (original 022xxx Eno3)
00000x Em7add4 (original 000xxx E7sus4) with Em between verses
32000x G
x3201x C
x0023x Dno3/A

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