Misc Traditional – Acres Of Clams (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
D For one who makes riches by mining Bm Perceiving that hundreds grow poor D I made up my mind to try farming G D A D It’s the only pursuit that is sure. G The only pursuit that is sure, my boys D Bm The only pursuit that is sure. D I made up my mind to try farming G A D It’s the only pursuit that is sure.
[Verse 2]
D So rolling some grub in my blanket Bm I laid all my tools on the ground D And I started one morning to shank it G D A D For a country they call Puget Sound. G A country they call Puget Sound, my boys, D Bm A country they call Puget Sound. D And I started one morning to shank it G A D For a country they call Puget Sound.
[Verse 3]
D Arriving flat broke in mid-winter Bm I found it enveloped in fog D And covered all over with timber G D A D Thick as hair on the back of a dog. G Thick as hair on the back of a dog, my boys, D Bm Thick as hair on the back of a dog. D And covered all over with timber G A D Thick as hair on the back of a dog.
[Verse 4]
D I took up a claim in the forest Bm And set myself down to hard toil. D For two years I chopped and I loggered G D A D But I never got down to the soil. G I never got down to the soil, my boys, D Bm I never got down to the soil. D For two years I chopped and I loggered G A D But I never got down to the soil.
[Verse 5]
D I tried to get out of that country Bm But poverty forced me to stay. D Until I became an old settler G D A D Then you couldn’t drive me away. G Then you couldn’t drive me away, my boys, D Bm Then you couldn’t drive me away. D Until I became an old settler G A D Then you couldn’t drive me away.
[Verse 6]
D But once I got used to the climate Bm I think that if ever a man found D A spot to live easy and happy G D A D That Eden is on Puget Sound. G That Eden is on Puget Sound, my boys, D Bm That Eden is on Puget Sound. D A spot to live easy and happy G A D That Eden is on Puget Sound.
[Verse 7]
D No longer a slave to ambition Bm I laughed at the world and its shams D And think on my happy condition G D A D Surrounded by acres of clams. G Surrounded by acres of clams, my boys, D Bm Surrounded by acres of clams. D And think on my happy condition G A D Surrounded by acres of clams.