Brown's Ferry Blues
Key: GEnglish
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Hard luck papa comin' down the lane G
Mama give him back his walkin' cane C
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
G D7 G
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Throwed it away and he went to town G
To see that woman and now he's down C
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
G D7 G
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Hard luck papa gettin' too tired
If he don't quit drinkin' he'll be higher'n a kite
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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He's drinkin' that block and tackle kind
He can walk a block and tackle a lion
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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I walked up to my girl's old man
And I asked him for my true love's hand
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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He said, "You la-la-little galoot"
And instead of her hand, I got his foot
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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Hard luck papa standin' in the rain
If the word was corn, he couldn't buy a grain
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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He runs around in second-hand clothes
You can smell his feet wherever he goes
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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Revenue man took my gin
I hope they won't come back again
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
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Took my sweetie with them too
Cause she'd had a little drink or two
Lord Lord I got them Brown's Ferry blues
(he said that's why he took her)