Acres Of Clams
Acres Of Clams

Acres Of Clams easy guitar chords by John Koerner

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Fret 2

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    2
  • Verse 1
    Okay, 
    this song 
    is 
    usually called 

    Acres of Clams. 

    This 
    is another song 
    concerning itself 

    with 
    the 
    gold rush 
    days out in California, 

    where 
    when they 
    discovered gold out there, 


    huge 
    amounts of 

    people went out to California 

    to try and 
    get the 
    gold. 

    And there was 
    so 
    many of them went out 

    there 

    that they almost tipped 
    the whole state into 
    the ocean, 


    but it didn't happen. 

    But then 
    anyway, 

    they would try 
    to get the gold well. 


    Some of the people 
    got the gold, 


    but most of the people 

    didn't get the gold. 

    And 
    the ones that didn't get the 
    gold, 


    they wrote 
    these songs 

    about their experiences. 

    traveled all 
    over 
    this country, 

    prospecting 
    and digging 
    for gold. 

    I've 
    toddled hydraulic 
    in 
    cradles, 

    yes, 
    and I have 
    been fre
    quently so. 

    have 
    been fre
    quently 
    sold, 

    have 
    been frequently 
    sold. 

    I've 
    tunneled, 
    I ain't 
    drawn a thin 
    cradle, 

    ain't 
    and I have 

    been frequently 
    sold. 

    For 
    each man 
    that got 
    rich by 
    mining, 

    the purse 
    even 
    at hundreds 
    grew 
    poor. 

    made up 
    my mind 
    to try 
    farming, 

    yet the 
    only 
    pur
    suit 
    it was sure. 

    The 
    only 
    pursuit 
    that was 
    sure, 

    the 
    only 
    pursuit 
    that was 
    sure, 

    made up 
    my mind 
    to try 
    for me, 
    hey, 

    the 
    only 
    pur
    suit 
    that was 
    sure. 

    Rollin' 
    my grub 
    in my 
    blanket, 

    left all 
    my tools 
    on 
    the 
    ground, 

    star
    ted 
    one morning 
    to 
    shank 
    it 

    for 
    the 
    country 
    they call 
    Puget 
    Sound. 

    The 
    country 
    they call 
    Puget 
    Sound, 

    The 
    country 
    they call 
    Puget 
    Sound. 

    star
    ted 
    one mornin' 
    to 
    shank it, 

    For 
    the 
    country 
    they call 

    Puget 
    Sound. 

    Arrivin' 
    flat broke 
    in midwinter, 

    found 
    it enveloped 
    in fall. 

    Was 
    it 
    covered all 
    over 
    with 
    timber, 

    Thick 
    as 
    hair on 
    the 
    back of a dog. 

    Hair 
    on 
    the back 
    of a 
    dog, 

    hair 
    on 
    the back 
    of a dog, 

    Was 
    covered all 
    over 
    with 
    timber 

    thick 
    as 
    hair on 
    the back 
    of a 
    dog. 

    And 
    staked me 
    a claim 
    in the forest, 

    set myself 
    down 
    to hard 
    toil, 

    But 
    two years 
    I chopped 
    and I 
    sweated, 

    yes, but 
    never got 
    down to 
    the soil. 

    never got 
    down 
    to the 
    soil, 

    never 
    got down 
    to the 
    soil 

    The 
    tears 
    I chopped 
    and I 
    sweated, 

    yes, 
    but I 
    nev
    er got 
    down 
    to the 
    soil 

    And 
    tried to 
    get out 
    of the country, 

    poverty 
    forced 
    me to 
    stay 

    Until 
    became 
    an old 
    settler, 

    yes, 
    then 
    nothing 
    could drive 
    me away 

    Nothing 
    could drive 
    me away, 

    nothing 
    could 
    drive 
    me away, 

    Until 
    became 
    an old 
    settler, 

    yes, 
    then 
    nothing 
    could drive 

    me away. 

    No 
    longer 
    the slave 
    of ambition, 

    laugh at 
    the world and 
    its sham, 

    think of 
    my pleasant 
    condition, 

    yes, 
    surrounded by 
    acres 

    of clams. 

    Surrounded 
    by acres 
    of 
    clams, 

    Surrounded 
    by acres 
    of 
    clams, 

    think of 
    my pleasant 
    condition, 

    Surroun
    ded 
    by acres 
    of 
    clams. 


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