Forty acres and a mule chords by Oscar Brown Jr
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Verse 1
(A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) You know,
(A minor) I always enjoy playing Washington, D .C.
It (E minor) makes me feel (A minor) not
(F major) only a (C major) mom's friend, (E minor)
(A minor) close to the seat of government, (C major)
(E minor) provides (A minor) me with
(E minor) an opportunity to deliver,
(A minor) for example, this open (F major) (E minor) letter
pressed (A minor) into my hands
by a (F major) man (C major) on (A minor) my street. (C major)
(E minor) If (A minor) I'm not mistaken,
I once (C major) read back (E minor)
dur (A minor) ing that short spell
I spent (F major) in school
(E minor) where (A minor) every slave set free
was supposed to (E minor) get for (C major) (E minor) slaving
(A minor) 40 (E minor) acres (A minor) an d a mule.
Now, ain't no tellin' how much work
was (G major) done (E minor) by my (A minor) ancestors
under slavery's (F major) (C major) rule,
but (E minor) sure (A minor) as hell the totals got (D major) to (C major) run
(E minor) at least (A minor) forty acres (E minor) and a (A minor) mule.
Now, I'm not sayin' this
to see folks (F major) sweat, (E minor)
(C major) cause (A minor) I'm not bitter,
Neither am (D major) I cruel, (G major)
(C major) but (E minor) ain't (A minor) nobody (E minor) paid for (F major) slavery yet.
(E minor) I (A minor) bought my 40 (C major) acres
(A minor) an d my mule. (E minor)
(C major) We (A minor) had a promise. That was (F major) taken back.
(G major) (C major) (E minor) An (A minor) d when we hollered,
it was, hey, she be cool. (C major)
(E minor) Well, (A minor) me, I'm being rowdy,
hot, (F major) and black.
(C major) (A minor) I want my 40 acres and my mule
Don't (E minor) (A minor) tell me not to get myself (F major) upset
(G major) (C major) (E minor) Don't (A minor) look at me like
I'm some kind (F major) of ghoul
(C major) Just (A minor) answer quietly when do I (E minor) get
(C major) I (E minor) (A minor) got now 40 acres (E minor) and my mule
(F major) No (E minor) (A minor) thanks,
I'll take my own self (G major) out to lunch
(C major) No (E minor) thank (A minor) s,
I'll dig me my own swimming (G major) pool
(C major) and (A minor) play around with my own (F major) bunch. (C major)
(E minor) Try (A minor) and get 40 acres (E minor) in on (A minor) me,
cause (F major) (C major) in (A minor) terest gotta go on,
just like (F major) rent. (C major)
(A minor) I may be crazy, but I ain't no fool. (F major) (C major)
(A minor) 100 years of debt at 10 % (C major) per (E minor) (A minor) year,
per 40 (E minor) acres and (A minor) per mule,
now add that up.
Ooh, look (F major) at that. (C major) (E minor)
(A minor) The one they all call Great Grandma (F major) Jewel.
(C major) (E minor) Just (A minor) pay me that
and call the whole (F major) thing square.
(C major) Yes, (E minor) (A minor) Lord,
it's Marty Aker (E minor) s and (A minor) I'm you!
Mmm. applause
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I'm only serious. audience laughter
Forty acres and a mule
Oscar brown jr
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