Red Rocking Chair
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Red Rocking Chair
Doc Watson
Billy Strings
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Chord Chart
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Lyrics
Ain't got no use
For your red rocking chair
I ain't got no sugar baby now
I ain't got no honey baby now
Who'll rock the cradle
Who'll sing this song
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone
Who'll rock cradle when I'm gone
It's I'll rock the cradle
I'll sing this song
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone
It's I'll rock the cradle when you're gone
It's all I can do
It's all I can say
Gonna send you to your momma next payday
Gonna send you to your momma next payday
It's all I can do
It's all I can say
I can't get along this a way
I can't get along this a way
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About This Song
Red Rocking Chair is a traditional folk song most famously associated with Doc Watson, whose flatpicking virtuosity helped popularize it in bluegrass circles. Billy Strings has also brought renewed attention to this tune in recent years.