Tonart: G major
Verse 1
'bout my home town
D
But it's awfully hard to
explain to a stranger
C
It's been a year since I went down
D
To the place that I was born and raised,
Verse 2
C
F
make it rich I'm getting tired
D
of digging ditches back on the farm
G
I got a girl I wanna marry and I
Yes, I'm ready for work,
F
D
I got my shirt sleeves rolled up around my arms
G
I got a chance to make it rich
Verse 3
C
Well, my papa was a poor man but always
G
And he whipped my behind whenever
There were six of us children
G
Mmm and not a single one of us
C
has ever learned how to read.
Verse 4
F
Well, I'm really not complaining,
C
my parents were the best you could have
D
Well, I love my mama and I really
Verse 5
C
Well, let me tell you that every Sunday morning we
D
would dress in our Sunday clothes
G
And we would listen to a sermon from the
C
preacher about our good Lord
Well, the preacher said: 'Child,
D
be thankful for the food you eat'
G
But my tastes are getting bigger,
C
I think I'll be traveling East.
Verse 6
gotta make it rich,
D
I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
G
I got a girl I wanna marry and I
Yes, I'm ready for work,
F
D
I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
G
I got a chance to make it rich
Verse 7
F
Well, now listen here brother if
C
you think you've got it bad
D
Mmm well, what do you think
G
about the life I've had?
Verse 8
C
Well, my father said to me: 'Son,
D
you know you've got to earn your keep'
G
So I've been working from sun
C
up to sun down since I was thirteen
Well, my father said: 'Boy,
D
be thankful got a place to sleep'
G
But I've been sleeping awful restless
C
and I think I'll be moving East.
Verse 9
make it rich,
D
I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
G
I got a girl I wanna marry and I
Yes, I'm ready for work,
F
D
I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
G
I got a chance to make it rich
Verse 10
G
it rich,
D
I'm getting tired of digging ditches back on the farm
G
I got a girl I wanna marry and I
Yes, I'm ready for work,
F
D
I got my sleeves rolled up around my arms
G
I got a chance to make it rich
in a textile factory.
C
G
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