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Abner Brown chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: Bb major•BPM: 90
Verse 1
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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

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I knew an old drunk named
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Abner Brown

And nobody knew when he came
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to town
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But he spread good will to
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his fellow men
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And they let him sleep
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in the cotton gin
Verse 3
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G

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He could drink more brew
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than an army could

But he had more friends and
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he did more good
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Cm
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Than a lot of fine fancy people in our town
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So they tolerated Abner Brown
Verse 4
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And all us kids were on his side

'Cause he told us tales till our
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eyes grew wide
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And he made us feel bout ten feet tall
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'Cause he had no kids but
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he claimed us all
Verse 5
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And after school and on
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weekends
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You could find me down at the cotton gin
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The truest friend that I ever found was
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A good old drunk named Abner Brown
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Abner Brown, I wish that I could
Verse 6
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see you once again
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I believe that you'd stack
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up with all the mighty men
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I've met and known in all the low
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And higher places that I've been
Verse 7
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Thinking of you picks me
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up when I'm feeling down
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I thank the Lord for making Abner Brown
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Verse 8

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Lord take me back to the cotton land
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To Arkansas take me home again
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Let me be the boy that I
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once have been
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Let me walk that road to the cotton gin
Verse 9
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He's probably dead many years ago
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And gone the way that old drunks go
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But I'd still like to sit me down
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Talk to my old friend, Abner Brown
Verse 10
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Abner Brown, I wish
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I thank the Lord for making

Abner Brown
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Cm

    3

  • Em

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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