The Man Who Holds The Bow
John Arthur Martinez


[Intro]      Ex4

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School let out, the June bugs came, ____and with the heat the heat the prayers for rain
   E                             A                    B                                          Ex2
I spent the summer on my granddad?s farm, fiddling around and sweating up a storm


E                            A                   E                                           B
My granddad sure was good with a bow, ___wasn?t one fiddle song he didn?t know
      E                             A                B                                       E
And he tried to show me the way he played; you should?ve heard the noise I made


[Chorus]
B                   A         B                    A     B                    C#m
If I?ve learned a little, my granddad told me so; it ain?t so much the fiddle,
           A         B         C#m    A         B         Ex4
It?s the man that holds the bow, the man that holds the bow


             E                              A               E                              B
After my chores were done and the sun sank low, he tried to show me ?the cotton ? eye Joe?
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I played that fiddle ?til my fingers were sore; in my dreams I played a little more oh oh oh



[Chorus]
B                   A         B                    A     B                    C#m
If I?ve learned a little, my granddad told me so; it ain?t so much the fiddle,
           A         B         C#m    A         B         Ex8
It?s the man that holds the bow, the man that holds the bow






       E                             A                              E                            B
Only Learned one tune and I almost had it licked, as the hay was baled, and the cotton was picked
          E                      A                        B                                      E
Then a cool rain fell as the leaves began to fall, and I was fiddling at the harvest ball, oh oh oh


[Chorus]
B                   A         B                    A     B                    C#m
If I?ve learned a little, my granddad told me so; it ain?t so much the fiddle,
           A         B         C#m    A         B         E
It?s the man that holds the bow, the man that holds the bow
B                   A         B                    A     B                    C#m
If I?ve learned a little, my granddad told me so; it ain?t so much the fiddle,
          A         B         C#m     A         B         C#m    A         B         Ex4 stop
It?s the man that holds the bow, the man that holds the bow the man that holds the bow

[Ending Solo]   Ex23   to fade