Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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days when the ox fall down,
Take up the yoke and plow
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Gone are the days when
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the ladies said' "Please,
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to me."
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Verse 2
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the liquor was clean.
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the rain pouring down,
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And it looks like the old man's
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getting on.
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Verse 3
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drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
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he made his way selling red- eyed gin.
Verse 4
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the liquor was clean.
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the rain pouring down,
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And it looks like the old man's getting on.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Delilah Jones was the mother of twins,
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Two times over and the rest were sins.
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Raised eight boys, only I turned bad,
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Didn't get the lickin's that the
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Verse 6
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the liquor was clean.
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Sound of the thunder with
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the rain pouring down,
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And it looks like the old man's
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getting on.
Verse 7
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Tumble down shack in Big
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Snowed so hard that the
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roof caved in.
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Delilah Jones went to meet her God,
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And the old man never was the same again.
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
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Daddy made whiskey and
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Cost two dollars and it burned like hell.
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I cut hickory just to fire the still,
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Drink down a bottle and be ready
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to kill.
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Verse 9
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the liquor was clean.
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Sound of the thunder with
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the rain pouring down,
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man's getting on.
Verse 10
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the ox fall down,
Take up the yoke and plow
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Gone are the days when the ladies said' "Please,
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come to me."
Verse 11
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The bottle was dusty but
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the liquor was clean
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the rain pourin' down
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And it looks like the
old
Outro 1
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