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Tuning: Double Drop D
Key: D
Intro:
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------6-----------------6h8-8-6------------------------------------|
G|------7-7-5---5---5h7---7---5---5-5h7-7-7---7-7-5----------------------------------|
D|------0-0---7---7---------0---7---0---0-----------3h5-5/777-3-0-3h5-3h5-5/777-3-0--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
When transitioning chords 3rd fret on the A string and on the last transition
at the end of the verse 3rd fret low D string.
D - x00230
A - x022xx
Verse 1:
D
Boll weevil told the farmer
D
"You better treat me right
D
I'll eat up all of your cotton
D A D A D
Sleep in your grain rail tonight"
Intro:
Verse 2:
D
Boll weevil told the farmer
D
"You don't need no Ford machine
D
I'll eat up all of your cotton
D A D A D
Can't buy no gasoline"
Intro:
Verse 3:
D
Yon comes the spider
D
Crawled up and down the wall
D
He must've been going
D A D A D
To get his hash's haul
Intro:
Verse 4:
D
I don't see no water
D
But I'm about to drown
D
I don't see no fire
D A D A D
But I'm burning down
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Published: January 13, 2026
Last Updated: January 13, 2026