ELVIS ON VELVET AND MONROE ON GRASS
By: Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: IT CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND IT CAME RIGHT FROM THE HEART
THEY CALLED IT BLUEGRASS MUSIC AND WE PLAYED IT FROM THE START
WITH BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY BILL AND ELVIS HAD A SMASH
WE HAD ELVIS ON VELVET AND MONROE ON GRASS

CHORUS: ELVIS SANG THE GOSPEL SONGS AND WE COULD SING THEM TOO
THAT'S ALL WE HAD IN COMMON FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO
WHEN ROCK 'N ROLL TOOK OVER WE JUST HUNG ON TO THE PAST
WE HAD ELVIS ON VELVET AND MONROE ON GRASS

VERSE 2: THEY AMPLIFIED THE GUITARS AND BROUGHT IN A SET OF DRUMS
IT GOT SO LOUD YOU COULDN'T HEAR A PICKER PICK AND STRUM
WE HUNG ON TO OUR MUSIC BUT WE SURE RAN SHORT OF CASH
WE HAD ELVIS ON VELVET AND MONROE ON GRASS

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VERSE 3: BILL AND ELVIS BOTH ARE GONE AND IN THE HALL OF FAME
WE KEEP ON PLAYIN' BLUEGRASS, I DON'T GUESS WE'LL EVER CHANGE
THERE WAS A TIME WE REALLY THOUGHT THE MUSIC WOULDN'T LAST
WE HAD ELVIS ON VELVET AND MONROE ON GRASS

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