Barefoot Boy Blues chords by Johnny Horton

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Verse 1
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 (D major) When I  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) was a little boy,
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barefooted I'd  (A major) like  (D major) to go
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In the spring or sum (B minor) mer (B major) time,
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there  (E flat major) was no ice  (E major) or snow  (A major) 
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When  (D major) I  was tired and nearly dead,
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 (G major) these are the words  (G minor) that
Mama said
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Go  (D major) and wash those dirty  (B major) feet
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before you  (E major) go  (D major) to bed
When I would get out of school,
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I  (E major) could hardly  (A major) wait  (D major) 
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I'd have my brogands in my  (B major) hand
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before  (E major) I'd hit the  (A major) gate
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I'd  (D major) romp and play till nearly dead,
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that same  (G major) old line mama always said  (G minor) 
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 (D major) Go and wash those  (B major) dirty feet before  (E major) you go  (A major) to bed  (D major)  (B minor)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (D major) When winters passed  (C sharp major) and the  (D major) viol (C sharp major) ets blew
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 (D major) An (E major) d  the springtime  (A major) rolled around
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My  (D major) tiny feet got to  (B major) itching so to
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 (E major) touch the cuckoo ground  (A major) 
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But  (D major) I  remember what
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Mama said, those  (G major) words still
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echo through  (G minor) my head
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 (D major) Go and wash those  (B major) dirty feet before  (E major) you
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go to bed  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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I'd draw the water from the well
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and  (E major) grab the old  (A major) wash  (D major) pan
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Just a fussin' and a  (B minor) fumin'
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 (B major) like any  (E major) ordinary man  (A major) 
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But  (D major) if I brushed them off instead,
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 (G major) mama would make my  (G minor) bottom red  (D major) 
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Go and wash those  (B major) dirty
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feet before  (E major) you go to  (A major)  (D major) bed