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