Johnny Cash – Boss Jack (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Chords

Notes: Capo I, original release has two minute spoken-word intro
[Intro Fill]
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[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]
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[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]
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[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]
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[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]
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E|-0-2-4---|
[Outro] A7 E7 B7 E
[Outro Fill]
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