Sharecroppers Son chords by Billy Strings

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Standard Tuning


🎸 Intro:

         G       G       G           D7   G   G       G       G           D7   G
E|-------3-------3-------3---------2---2--3---3-------3-------3---------2---2--3-------------------------|
B|-------3-------3-------3---------1---1--3---3-------3-------3---------1---1--3-------------------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0---------2---2--0---0-------0-------0---------2---2--0---------------0---------|
A|-------2-0-2-0-0---2-0-0-------0--------0---2-0-2-0-0---2-0-0-------0--------0---------0-2-0-----------|
A|-------2-------2-2-----2-2-3-4------0---2---2-------2-2-----2-2-3-4------0---2---0-1-2-----------------|
E|-0-1-2-3-------3-------3--------------3-3---3-------3-------3--------------3-3--3----------------------|

🎸 Verse 1:

G                               C         G
We moved here from Summers when I was fourteen
                            D7        G
Worked this poor ground for bacon and beans
                          C               G
The landlord told me that hard times were near
                                  D7      G
Didn't mean a thing cause they're already here


🎸 Chorus:
                      C               G
Daylight till dark my work’s never done
                     D7             G
Lord have mercy on a sharecropper’s son


🎸 Verse 2:
                              C           G
Momma's got the fever and the baby’s sick too
               D7              G
Poppa’s uptown soakin’ up that booze
                           C           G
Fresh out of prison said he ain’t going back
                                        D7         G
Ain’t a blood hound in Georgia that can follow his track


🎸 Chorus:
                      C               G
Daylight till dark my work’s never done
                     D7             G
Lord have mercy on a sharecropper’s son


Guitar 🎸 Solo:

E|---------------------------------------0---0-2-3-0----0-------------------------------------------------|
B|------1/3--1/3-----------------1/3---3------------3-0---3-----------------------------------------------|
G|----0-2/4--2/4-0---------0---0-2/4-4------------------------3h2-0-----0------------------------0-----0--|
D|-0h2------------2-0---0h2--2--------------------------------------2p0---2-0--------------0-2-0---2/5----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2p1-0---0-1-2---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3---------------------|

E|-----0---0------0---0---0---0---0---0-0-2-3-0--------------------------------------3-0------------------|
B|--------3------7---7---7---7---7---7----------3-0--------------------------------------3-0--------------|
G|-3/4---4--- 4/8---8---8---8---8---8---------------3-2-0------------------------------------3h4-0--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------2-0-----0-2-0------------0----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------1-2-------2----2-3-4------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------3-------------------------0-1-2-|


🎸 Verse 3:
G                                 C            G
We bought a new mule brought him up from down south
                                    D7          G
He'd kick the chewin tobacco right out of your mouth
                     C             G
Eleven in the family ten daughter's and a son
                                 D7         G
And momma's just told us there'd be another one


🎸 Chorus:
                      C               G
Daylight till dark my work’s never done
                     D7             G
Lord have mercy on a sharecropper’s son


🎸 Chorus:
                      C               G
Daylight till dark my work’s never done
                     D7             G
Lord have mercy on a sharecropper’s son

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| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| x  Dead note
| \  Slide down
| h  Hammer-on


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Chords used:

      G    C   D7

E|----3----0----2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----1----1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----2----2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|