Boll Weevil chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) Have you heard the latest
The latest (D major) of the song (G major)
'Bout (C major) that little boll weevil - he
Done been there and gone (G major)
Lookin' for a (D major) home - lookin' for a (G major) home
Verse 2
Boll weevil he's a little black (G major)
Buck from (D major) Mexico they say (G major)
Came all (C major) the way to Texas lookin'
For a place to stay (G major)
Lookin' for a (D major) home - just
A- lookin' for a (G major) home, home, (D major) home (G major)
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Verse 3
The first time I seen (G major) the boll weevil
He was settin' (D major) on the square (G major)
The (C major) next time I seen the boll weevil
He had his whole damn
family there (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Well, the farmer took the boll weevil
He put him in a (D major) cake of ice (G major)
The (C major) boll weevil said to the farmer
"This is mighty cool and nice" (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Well, the farmer took the boll weevil
And he put him in the hot sand
The (C major) boll weevil said
"This is mighty hot but I'll
Stand it like a man" (G major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 5
The boll weevil said (G major) to the farmer
"You better leave (D major) me (G major) alone
"I (C major) ate all you cotton
Now I'm satert in on your corn" (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 6
The (G major) farmer said to his missus
"Now what do you (D major) think of that (G major)
The (C major) boll weevil's gone and ate a
Hole in my best Sunday hat"
(G major) The (D major)
Verse 7
(G major) farmer said to the merchant
"I ain't made but one bale
(C major) Fore I give you that one
I'll fight and go to jail
(G major) I'll keep my home" (D major)
(G major)
Verse 8
Oh, the boll weevil's got half the cotton
And the (D major) merchant's got the rest (G major)
(C major) Didn't leave the farmer's wife but
One old cotton dress (G major) and it's
full of (D major) holes (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 9
Now, if anyone should ask you
"Who (D major) was it made this song?" (G major)
(C major) Tell him a poor old farmer
He done been there and gone
(G major) He (D major) ain't got no (G major) home (D major)
(G major)
Boll Weevil
Pete Seeger
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