Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Boy Who Wouldnt Hoe Corn (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm7 [Verse 1]
Bm7                                       G
 Tell you a little story and it won't take long

A                                        Bm7
 'Bout a lazy farmer who wouldn't hoe his corn

Bm7                          G
 The reason why I never could tell

A                         Bm7
 That young man was always well
[Verse 2]
   Bm7                              G
 He planted his corn in the month of June

A                        Bm7
 By July it was up to his eyes

Bm7                             G
 Come September there came a big frost

A                                Bm7   G A Bm7 G A Bm7
 And all the young man's corn was lost
[Verse 3]
Bm7                      G
 His courtship had just begun

A                                     Bm7
 Said young man, "Have you hauled some corn?"

        Bm7                              G
 "Well I tried and I tried and I tried in vain,

      A                          Bm7      G A Bm7 G A Bm7
 But I don't believe I raised one grain."
[Verse 4]
   Bm7                              G
 He went down town to his neighbor's door

      A                   Bm7
 Where he had often been before

       Bm7                               G
 Sayin "Pretty little miss will you marry me,

A                      Bm7     G A Bm7 G A Bm7
 Little miss what do you say?"
[Verse 5]
Bm7                       G
"Why do you come for me to wed?

    A                            Bm7
 You can't even make your own cornbread

Bm7                    G
 Single I am and will remain.

A                      Bm7
 A lazy man I won't maintain."
[Verse 6]
Bm7                            G
 He turned his back and walked away

A                                 Bm7
 Sayin "Little miss you'll rue the day.

Bm7                              G
 You'll rue the day that you were born

A                                       Bm7
 Givin me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe corn."