Acres of Clams chords by “Spider” John Koerner
Verse 1
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I traveled all over this country
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prospecting and digging for gold
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I tunneled, hydraulicked, and cradled,
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and I have been frequently sold
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I have been frequently sold,
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I have been frequently sold
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My tunnel, hydraulic, and cradle dams
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I have been frequently sold
For each man who got
rich by mining
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Perceiving that hundreds grew poor
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I made up my mind to try farming
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The only pursuit that was sure
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The only pursuit that was sure,
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the only pursuit that was sure
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I made up my mind to try farming,
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the only pursuit that was sure
I rolled my grub in my blanket,
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I left all my tools on the ground
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I started one morning to shank it
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For the country they call Puget Sound
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The country they call Puget Sound
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The country they call Puget Sound
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I started one morning to shank it
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For the country they call
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Puget Sound
Riding flat broke in midwinter,
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I found it enveloped in fall
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I was covered all over with timber,
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thick as hair on the back of a dog
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Hair on the back of a dog, oh,
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hair on the back of a dog
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I was covered all over with timber,
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thick as hair on the back of a dog
And to stake me a claim in the forest,
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I set myself down to hard toil
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Two years I chopped and I sweated,
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but I never got down to the soil
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I never got down to the soil,
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I never got down to the soil
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Two years I chopped and I sweated,
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but I never got down to the soil
And I tried to get out of the country,
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but poverty forced me to stay
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Until I became an old settler,
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then nothing could drive me away
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Nothing could drive me away,
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nothing could drive me away
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Until I became an old settler,
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then nothing could drive me away
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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No longer the slave of ambition
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I laugh at the world and its shams
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I think of my pleasant condition
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Surrounded by acres of clams
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Surrounded by acres of clams
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Surrounded by acres of clams
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I think of my pleasant condition
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Surrounded by acres of clams you
Acres of Clams
“Spider” John Koerner
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