Arkansas Traveler chords by The Countdown Kids

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Verse 1
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A once upon a time in Arkansas,
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An old man sat in his little cabin door,
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And he fiddled at a tune
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that he liked to hear,
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A jolly old tune that he played by ear.
It was raining hard,
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but the fiddler didn't care,
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He sawed away at the popular air.
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Though his roof tree
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leaked like a waterfall,
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It didn't seem to bother
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the man at all.
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A  traveler was riding by that day,
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And stopped to hear him
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a -practicing away
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The cabin was afloat
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and his feet were wet
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But still the old man didn't seem to fret
So the stranger said,
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now the way it seems to me
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You'd better mend your roof, said he
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But the old man said as he played away
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I couldn't mend it now,
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it's a rainy day
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The traveler replied, that's all quite true
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But this, I think, is the thing to do
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Get busy on a day that is fair and bright
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Then patch the old roof
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till it's good and tight
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But the old man kept on a
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-playin' at his reel
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And tap the ground with his leathery heel
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Get along, said he, for you give me a pain
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My cabin never leaks when
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it doesn't rain