[Verse 1]
G C G
He came down from old Rosine, with a song and a mandolin
G
Tilling ground and planting seeds
C G
Where no one had ever been
C G
He brought it down to Nashville,
D G
And they all knew his name
C G Em
He played the Grand Old Opry, and it never was the same.
[Chorus]
G C G
Bear down on that fiddle son when you play that Old Muleskinner
G C G
All you got and then some, and I'll jump in on the tenor
C G D G
Pick it Earl, here it comes, Lester and his old G-run
C G Em
You can't do it that way son, according to Monroe's doctrine
G
Ain't no part of nothing.
[Verse 2]
G C G
All the years he traveled, down them rough and rocky roads
G C G
Singing high and lonesome, with his body and soul
C G
Well Monroe was a wheel hoss,
D G
It's a bluegrass way,
C G Em
Every time he kicked it off, I thought I'd hear him say...
[Chorus]
G C G
Bear down on that fiddle son when you play that Old Muleskinner
G C G
All you got and then some, and I'll jump in on the tenor
C G D G
Pick it Earl, here it comes, Lester and his old G-run
C G Em
You can't do it that way son, according to Monroe's doctrine
G
Ain't no part of nothing.
[Coda]
C G D G
Pick it Earl, here it comes, Lester and his old G-run
C G Em
You can't do it that way son, according to Monroes' doctrine
G
Ain't no part of nothing.
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the_special_consensus/monroe_chords_1900713