Tonart: C major
Verse 1
F#dim
D
C
Back before the blues
F#dim
C
were blue
Am
Abaug
Fm
When the good old songs were new
C
F#dim
Songs that may no longer
G
C
'Bout the darkies, about Je sus
F
Strumming on their banjos to
G
C
entertain their masses
Am
Abaug
Some said garbage, others said art
C
Am
C
You couldn't call it soul,
D
C
you had to call it heart
Verse 2
G
Woah, backs broke bending,
C
digging holes to plant the seeds
F
The owners ate the cane and the
C
G
C
workers ate the weeds
G
Putting wood in the stove
F
You worked so hard that
Verse 3
C
When I was a little thing
Am
Abaug
My papa tried to make me sing
F#dim
and "Aurelie"
C
These were songs that my
Dm
C
daddy taught me
G
C
"Camp Town Races" and "Susan
nah Don't You Cry"
F
"Gentle Annie" still brings
G
C
a tear to my eye
Am
Abaug
Label it garbage, label it art
Am
D
C
You couldn't call it soul,
D
C
you had to call it heart
Verse 4
G
Oh, backs broke bending,
C
digging holes to plant the seeds
F
The owners ate the cane and the
C
G
C
workers ate the weeds
G
Putting wood in the stove
F
You worked so hard that
C
G
C
G
you died standing up
Verse 5
C
F#dim
Sing me songs 'bout days gone by
C
Am
Abaug
Make me laugh and make me cry
G
C
F#dim
Break my female heart in two
C
Dm
C
Sing me songs that say I love you
G
Lower your eyes and raise your
F
C
Sing me one about the sun setting
in the West
Interlude 1
Mm- hmm, mm- hmm
Am
Fm
Ddim
Fm
C
Am
C
D
C
Verse 6
G
Oh, backs broke bending,
C
digging holes to plant the seeds
F
The owners ate the cane and the
G
C
workers ate the weeds
G
Putting wood in the stove
F
You worked so hard that
C
G
C
you died standing up
Verse 7
C
digging holes to plant the seeds
F
The owners ate the cane and the
G
C
workers ate the weeds
G
Putting wood in the stove
F
C
You worked so hard that you died
G
C
standing up
F
F#dim
G
C
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