Abner Brown chords by Johnny Cash

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Verse 1
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 (G major) Every town has its town bum
I guess ours had one
Here's a song about him,
I remember him fondly
Well his name was Abner Brown

Verse 2
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 (G major) I knew an old drunk  (D major) named
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Abner Brown  (G major) 
And nobody knew when he came
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to town  (D major) 
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But he spread good will  (C major) to
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his fellow men  (G major) 
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And they let him sleep  (D major) 
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in the cotton gin  (G major) 

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Verse 3

He could drink more brew

than an army could

But he had more friends and

he did more good

Than a lot of fine fancy people in our town

So they tolerated Abner Brown

Verse 4
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 (G major) And all us kids  (D major) were on his side  (G major) 
'Cause he told us tales till our
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eyes grew  (D major) wide
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And he made us  (C major) feel bout ten feet  (G major) tall
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'Cause he had no kid (D major) s but
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he claimed us  (G major) all

Verse 5
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 (G major) And after school  (D major) and on
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weekend (G major) s
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You could find me down at the cotton gin  (D major) 
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The truest friend  (C major) that I ever found  (G major) was
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A good old drunk  (D major) named Abner Brown  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Abner Brown,  (C major) I wish that I could

Verse 6
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 (G major) 
see you once again
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 (E minor) I   believe that you'd  (C major) stack
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up with  (G major) all the mighty men
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 (D major) I've met and known  (G major) in all the low
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And higher  (C major) places that I've been

Verse 7

Thinking of you picks me

up when I'm feeling down

I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown

Verse 8
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Lord take me back  (D major) to the cotton land  (G major) 
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To Arkansas take me home  (D major) again
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Let me be the boy  (C major) that I
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once have  (G major) been
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Let me walk that road  (D major) to the cotton gin  (G major) 

Verse 9

He's probably dead many years ago

And gone the way that old drunks go

But I'd still like to sit me down

Talk to my old friend, Abner Brown

Verse 10
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 (E minor) Abner Brown, I  (C major) wish  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) 
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I thank  (C major) the Lord for  (D major) making
Abner Brown
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 (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major) 