Boss Jack chords by Johnny Cash
Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro:
A7 E7 B7 E
Verse 1:
E A7
Pick a lotta cotton drag a long sack
B7 E
Comin’ cross the field well I see Boss Jack
E A7
He’s a-ridin’ straddle of a single foot roan
B7 E E7
When you know that horse you’ll leave him alone
E7 A7
That old roan’s got green in his eyes
B7 E E7
Mean as the devil and twice as wise
E7 A7
Fire in his nose and a bow in his back
B7 E
Can’t nobody ride him but Boss Jack
Fill:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-------0-|
E|-0-2-4---|
Chorus:
A7 E7
C’mon children bend your back
B7 E7
Work a little faster fill your sack
A7 E
Then you hitch up the wagon take it to the gin
B7
Finish pickin’ before the winter sets in
Fill:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-------0-|
E|-0-2-4---|
Interlude:
A7 E7 B7 E
Verse 2:
E E7 A7
Now here a while back when the crop was laid by
B7 E
Remember who took us on a big fish fry
E7 A7
Caught a heap of catfish, goggle-eye, and carp
B7 E
Danced and sung to the guitar and harp
E E7 A7
Well someday ol’ Boss Jack’s gonna set us all free
B7 E
Gabriel’s gonna blow for you and me
E7 A7
Angel’s gonna bring that chariot from above
B7 E
Flappin’ their wings like a turtledove
Fill:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-------0-|
E|-0-2-4---|
Chorus:
A7 E7
C’mon children bend your back
B7 E7
Work a little faster fill your sack
A7 E
Then you hitch up the wagon take it to the gin
B7
Finish pickin’ before the winter sets in
Fill:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-------0-|
E|-0-2-4---|
Outro:
A7 E7 B7 E
Outro Fill:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|-0h2-----|
E|-----0---|
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