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Boss Jack Chords by Johnny Cash

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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Johnny Cash chords for Boss jack

About this song

"Boss Jack" is a song written by Tex Ritter. Johnny Cash included "Boss Jack" on his eight album, "Ride This Train" from 1960.