Hard Times In Arkansas chords by Arkie Shibley

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Verse 1
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My name is R .K. Shibley,
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I'm from Van Buren town.
I've searched this wide world over,
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I've traveled this wide world round.
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I've had my ups and downs in life,
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but better days I've saw.
I didn't know what hard times was
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till I hit Arkansas.
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I landed in Van Buren
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on a Sunday afternoon
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In 1926, the merry months of June
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Went up, walked to me a skeleton
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and handed me his paw
Invited me to his hotel,
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the be st in Arkansas
I worked six weeks for the son of a gun,
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Phil Friggin was his name
His six foot two
and his stockin' feet
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as tall as any crane
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His hair hung down
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and rat -tailed over his long lanky jaw
I took a photograph
of all the gents
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that I saw in Arkansas
I started out the next morning
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to catch me an early train
He said, you better work for me, Art,
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I've got some land to dream
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I'll give you 40 cents a day,
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board washing and all
I'll bet you'll be a different man
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when you leave Arkansas
Well, they fed me on corn dodger
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as hard as any rock
My teeth begin to loosen,
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my knees begin to knock
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I got the thin old Sasquatch tee
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I could hide behind a straw
You can bet I was a different man
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when I left Arkansas
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I  started out the next morning,
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just quarter after five
I started out for St. Louis,
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half dead and half alive
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I got me a quarter moonshine,
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my misery too tall
I got drunk as I could get
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when I left Arkansas
It's farewell to Swamp Angels,
the cane break and the chill
Farewell to the Swamp Angels
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and the corn and dodger pill
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And if ever I see that land again,
I'll hand you my paw
But it'll be through a telescope
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from here to Arkansas