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Verse 1
Well, (G major) down in Collin County,
where I was born,
About thirty miles from Dallas
on a (D major) black land farm, (G major)
One September morning
started me to school,
Said I had to get some learnin'
or I'd (D major) grow up to be a (G major) fool,
I wish I did alright.
Well, I went on to school
and I finished eighth
I couldn't learn a teacher nothin'
so she (D major) sent me home to (G major) stay
Well, my dad said, go to work
in the cotton and the corn
That's the day I wished
I had never been born
I want a (C major) black -land farm
That's where I (G major) was born
I wasn't (D major) much to look at
on a black lamb (G major) farm
When I was fourteen
I weighed sixty -five pounds
So they called me Little Bill
from my farm (D major) up to (G major) town
On a (C major) black lamb farm,
that's where I was born (G major)
I wasn't (D major) much to look at
on a black lamb (G major) farm
Well, a man came by the well
while I was drawing up water
He handed me a circle
and I said, Lord, (D major) that's Jimmy (G major) Rogers
Well, the very next morning
when I went to town
I saw a great big tent
down on the jockey ground
You know what a jockey ground is,
don't you?
That's where (D major) they tied their old
mules and wagons
and parked their teapots (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
That must be Jimmy Rogers,
I thought in my mind
The man on our records
I'd heard a million times
Well, I looked in his tin
and I saw some whiskey bottles
Three pretty girls in that blue (D major) yodeler,
Jimmy Ro (G major) gers
Well, he done got up to leave
and said, I'm going to look around
I'm going to find me some whiskey
in this one -horse (D major) town (G major)
Well, I followed him around
till he got a little tired
He turned around and said, boy,
(D major) what are you follow (G major) ing me for?
Well, I want to see your guitar,
and I hope that you don't care.
He took me to the ten,
and he (D major) said, here, boy,
sit in this chair. (G major)
That was an old cane bottom
chair
he'd driven across the (D major) stage
10 ,000 times, (G major) that foot, I think.
Well, he handed me a guitar,
a flat -top Martin.
He learned me (D major) C chord. (G major)
Well, handed me a picture
when I got up to go
Gave me a ticket and said,
come (D major) on back to see the show (G major)
On a (C major) black -land farm,
that's where I (G major) was born
I wasn't (D major) much to look at
on a black -land farm (G major)
Well, I never have forgot that I spent
When old Jimmy Rogers
taught me (D major) C chord in his tent (G major)
On a black (C major) -land farm,
that's where I (G major) was born
I wasn't (D major) much to look at,
but anyhow I was born (G major)
Blackland Farm
Bill Neely
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