Sitting On Top Of The World
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Sitting On Top Of The World
Doc Watson
Jerry Garcia
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Chord Chart
A x2
GG
GG
GG
GG
CC
CC
GG
GG
GG
GG
EmEm
EmEm
GG
DD
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Chords used:
C
D
Em
G
Lyrics
It was in the spring one sunny day
My good gal left me Lord she went away
And now she's gone but I don't worry
'Cause I'm sitting on top of the world
She called me up from down in El Paso
Said come back, daddy, Lord I need you so
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Show me a woman a man can trust
Mississippi River, long, deep and wide
The woman I'm loving is on the other side
You don't like my peaches, don't you shake my tree
Get out of my orchard, let my peaches be
Don't you come here running, holding out your hand
I'll get me a woman like you got your manDemo Videos
About This Song
Sitting On Top Of The World is a blues standard from the 1930s that became a bluegrass favorite through Doc Watson's influential flatpicking version. The song has been covered by countless artists across genres, from Howlin' Wolf to Cream, but Doc's arrangement is the template most bluegrass jams follow.