{"id":20836,"date":"2024-06-18T05:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T05:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20836"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:03:14","slug":"greenback-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/greenback-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenback Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"

C GREENBACK DOLLAR, Kingston Trio, 1962<\/span><\/p>\n

VERSION IN Em BELOW THIS ONE
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Am<\/span> Some people say I’m a C<\/span> no-count, <\/span>
\nF<\/span> Others say I’m no C<\/span> good
\nBut C<\/span> I’m just a F<\/span> natural born C<\/span> travellin’ man, <\/span>
\nG<\/span> Doin’ what I think I Am<\/span> should, Poor Boy<\/span>
\nG<\/span> Doin’ what I think I Am<\/span> should.<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + + And I C<\/span> don’t give a F<\/span> damn <\/span>
\nAbout a C<\/span> Greenback F<\/span> dollar, <\/span>
\nC<\/span> Spend it F<\/span> fast as I C<\/span> can F<\/span>
\nC<\/span> For a wailin\u2019 F<\/span> song and a C<\/span> good F<\/span> guitar
\nG<\/span> The only things that I Am<\/span> understand, Poor Boy, <\/span>
\nG<\/span> The only things that I Am<\/span> understand<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was a little baby, My momma said, “Hey son
\nTravel where you will and grow to be a man
\nAnd sing what must be sung, Poor Boy,
\nSing what must be sung.”<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + +<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that I’m a grown man, I’ve traveled here and there.
\nI’ve learned that a bottle of brandy and a song
\nThe only ones who ever cared, Poor Boy, <\/span>
\nThe only ones who ever cared.<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + +<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

G GREENBACK DOLLAR, Kingston Trio, 1962<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Em<\/span> Some people say I’m a G<\/span> no-count, <\/span>
\nC<\/span> Others say I’m no G<\/span> good
\nBut G<\/span> I’m just a C<\/span> natural born G<\/span> travellin’ man, <\/span>
\nD<\/span> Doin’ what I think I Em<\/span> should, Poor Boy<\/span>
\nD<\/span> Doin’ what I think I Em<\/span> should.<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + + And I G<\/span> don’t give a C<\/span> damn <\/span>
\nAbout a G<\/span> Greenback C<\/span> dollar, <\/span>
\nG<\/span> Spend it C<\/span> fast as I G<\/span> can C<\/span>
\nG<\/span> For a wailin\u2019 C<\/span> song and a G<\/span> good C<\/span> guitar
\nD<\/span> The only things that I Em<\/span> understand, Poor Boy, <\/span>
\nD<\/span> The only things that I Em<\/span> understand<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was a little baby, My momma said, “Hey son
\nTravel where you will and grow to be a man
\nAnd sing what must be sung, Poor Boy,
\nSing what must be sung.”<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + +<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that I’m a grown man, I’ve traveled here and there.
\nI’ve learned that a bottle of brandy and a song
\nThe only ones who ever cared, Poor Boy, <\/span>
\nThe only ones who ever cared.<\/span><\/p>\n

+ + +<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C GREENBACK DOLLAR, Kingston Trio, 1962 VERSION IN Em BELOW THIS ONE \u00a0 Am Some people say I’m a C no-count, F Others say I’m no C good But C I’m just a F natural born C travellin’ man, G Doin’ what I think I Am should, Poor Boy G … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGreenback Dollar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28316,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20836\/revisions\/28316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}