Greer County Bachelor chords by Pete Seeger

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am  (C major) 
G 
You'll find me  (G major) out West
in the county of fame
C 
You'll  (C major) find me out West on an elegant plan
G 
A- starving  (G major) to death on my
C 
 (C major) government claim

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Verse 2

Hurrah, for Greer County!

The land of the free

The land of the bedbug,

grasshopper, and flea

I'll sing of its praises, I'll tell of its fame

While starving to death on my

government claim

Verse 3
C 
My clothes they are  (C major) ragged,
my language is rough
G 
My bread is corn  (G major) dodgers,
both solid and tough
C 
And  (C major) yet I am happy and live at my ease
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On  (G major) sorghum, molasses,
C 
and  (C major) bacon and cheese
My house, it is built of the national soil
G 
Its wall (G major) s are erected according to Hoyle
C 
Its  (C major) roof has no pitch, but is level and plain
G 
C 
I  (G major) always get wet if it  (C major) happens to rain

Verse 4
Hurrah, for Greer County! The
land of the free
G 
The home of the  (G major) bedbug,
C 
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 (C major) grasshop (G major) per, and flea
C 
 (C major) I'll sing of its praises,
I'll tell of its fame
G 
While starving  (G major) to death on
C 
 (C major) my government claim

Verse 5
C 
How  (C major) happy am I when I crawl
into bed!
G 
A rattlesnake  (G major) hisses a tune at my head
C 
 (C major) A gay little centipede, quite without fear
G 
C 
Crawls over my  (G major) pillow and  (C major) into  my ear

Verse 6
C 
Now  (C major) all you claim holders,
I hope you will stay
G 
Chew your  (G major) hardtack till
you're toothless and gray
C 
 (C major) But for myself, I'll no longer remain
G 
To starve  (G major) like a dog on my
C 
 (C major) government claim

Verse 7
C 
Hurrah, to Greer County,  (C major) 
where blizzards arise
G 
Where the sun never  (G major) sinks,
C 
the flea never  (C major) dies
I'll sing of its praises, I'll tell of its fame
G 
While starving to death  (G major) on my
C 
 (C major) government claim

Verse 8
C 
Goodbye to Greer County, goodbye  (C major) 
to the West
G 
C 
I'll travel back  (G major) East to the girl I  (C major) love best
I'll travel back East and marry me a wife
Call quits on corn dodgers the rest of my life