Hicktown chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
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One  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) village station where nobody  (C major) stops
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A  (G major) general store and a  (C major) barber shop
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We  (F major) had a picture show,
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but  (C major) it burned down
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And  (G major) everybody calls this
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a  (C major) dick town
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 (G major) Everybody calls this a  (C major) dick town  (G major)  (C major) 
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The  (F major) population changes
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when  (C major) a new baby cries
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An (G major) d  it don't change again
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till some (C major) body dies
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There's a  (F major) train through at noon,
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but it  (C major) don't even slow down
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Just  (G major) whistles when it passes
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this hick  (C major) town
Hick town
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Can't  (G major) wait to get through this hick  (C major) town
Hick town
Old Buford tried to leave,
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 (F major) but he didn't get far
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He  (G major) waited three days
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trying  (C major) to thumb him a car
But the only one that passed,
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it liked  (F major) to run him down
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So he's  (G major) back picking cotton
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in this hick  (C major) town
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Now he's  (G major) never gonna leave this
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Dicktown,  (C major) Dicktown
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One  (F major) famous station where nobody  (C major) stops
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 (G major) A  general store and a  (C major) barber shop
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We  (F major) had a picture show,
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but  (C major) it burned down
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And  (G major) everybody calls this a  (C major) Dicktown
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Every (G major) body calls this a  (C major) Dicktown  (G major)  (C major) 
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 (F major) On Saturday night we  (C major) all dress up fine
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Every (G major) body stays up until eight  (C major) or nine
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We walk  (F major) up the street
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and then  (C major) walk back down
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That's  (G major) Saturday night in a hick town
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 (C major) Hick town
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Ah,  (G major) we really live it up in a hick  (C major) town
Hick town
But it's kinda nice to know
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 (F major) that if your crops are lean
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There's  (G major) a neighbor to share
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his  (C major) grits and beans
And when you really need a friend
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There's  (F major) a friend around
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Cause  (G major) that's how it is in a dick  (C major) town
Dick town
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You bet,  (G major) we take care of our own
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in a  (C major) dick town
Dick town
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Well, we got one  (F major) filling station
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where nobody  (C major) stops
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A  (G major) general store and a  (C major) barber shop
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We  (F major) had a picture show,
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but  (C major) it burned down
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And  (G major) everybody calls this a  (C major) dick town
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Every (G major) body calls this a  (C major) dick town
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Well, we got one  (F major) filling station
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where nobody  (C major) stops
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A  (G major) general store and a  (C major) barber shop
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We  (F major) had a picture show,
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but  (C major) it burned down
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And  (G major) everybody calls this a  (C major) hick town
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Every (G major) body calls this a  (C major) hick town