If It Wasn't for Dicky chords by Lead Belly
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) Ooohhh
Verse 1
(C major) h,
oohhhh, switches beated him down (D major)
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Verse 2
And that everyone but (G major) Dicky I would
(C major) change you right now
But this old (E minor) man (C major) he had but (D major) one cow
He would send her to the
(G major) field to (C major) be fed
And the way they beat old
Jemma dropped dead (D major)
(F major) Ooohhh (C major) h, oohhhh, switches
beated him down
(D major)
Verse 3
When the old man (G major) heard that his
(C major) cow she was dead
Over hedges and ditches
and fields he had fled (D major)
Over hedges and (G major) ditches and
(C major) fields that were ploughed
visit (E minor) to the wife (C major) til they
Verse 4
came to his cow (D major)
(F major) Ooohhh (C major) h,
oohhhh, switches beated him down (D major)
Verse 5
When he (D major) first saw (G major) Jemma she was
(C major) in the green grass
No (D major) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jemma so fast
She gave her milk (G major) freely
without (C major) any bill
But the blood of (E minor) her life
(C major) spilled out of her pail (D major)
(F major) Ooohhh (C major) h,
oohhhh, switches beated him (E minor) (G major) down (D major)
Verse 6
So now I sit (G major) down and eat (C major) my dry meal
But I have no (E minor) butter to put (C major) in my tea (D major)
I have no (G major) milk to (C major) sup with my bread
Ooohhhh, oohhhh, switches beated him down
f it wasn't (E minor) for Dicky
Verse 7
(C major) I would change
you (E minor) right now
But this (D major) old man he had but one cow
He would send her to the field
(F major) to be fed
And the way they beat old (C major) Jemma dropped dead
Ooohhhh, oohhhh, switches (D major) beated him down
If It Wasn't for Dicky
Lead Belly
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