Doc Watson – Born About Six Thousand Years Ago (Guitar)
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From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson"
Fill1 for end of first line of verses:
e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-0-2-0-----| A|-------2---| E|---------3-| Fill2 for end of first line of chorus: e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--0-0-2-0-------| A|----------3-2-0-| E|----------------|
The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its
character play them as a single bass note- for example
D7 D7/E D7/F# G strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G
[Introduction]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C G I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ] G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water D7 D7/E D7/F# G And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Verse 2]
G G/A G/B C G I saw Noah when he built that famous ark [ Fill1 ] G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 D7/C D7/B I slipped into it one night when it got dark D7/A G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the li - on's tail D7 D7/E D7/F# G I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ] G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song D7 D7/E D7/F# G While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 3]
G C G Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did) G A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 We was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 Then I took her out and shook her, and I went with General Hooker D7 D7/E D7/F# G To fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess- ee.
[Verse 4]
G C G I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller) G G/Bb A7 D7 And through all his books, I tutored him with ease G G7 G7/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7 Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day D7 D7/E D7/F# G And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ] G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song D7 D7/E D7/F# G While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 5]
G C G I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger) G A7 A7/B D7 Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7 When the apples they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping D7 D7/E D7/F# G I can prove it for I'm the man that ate the core
[Verse 6]
G C G I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade [ Fill1 ] G G/B A7 D7 And I know the game was poker that they played G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7 I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club D7 D7/E D7/F# G Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now he's dead
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ] G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7 Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song D7 D7/E D7/F# G While all of them old timers took their stand
[Outro]
D7 G