Jimmy Gray chords by Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl

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Verse 1
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It was in the month of sweet July
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and a courtship had just begun.
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They was both eighteen years old,
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but he was a little too young.
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For whenever she'd ask him to do a little job,
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he was always heard to say,
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Well, I wouldn't know anything about that,
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better go and ask Jimmy Gray.
I have a field of early corn,
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it's waiting to be mown.
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Love, you come around with your scythe
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and help me to mow it down?
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He said, my scythe is rusty,
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too blunt for corn or hay.
For a mowing machine,
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the best to be seen
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belongs to Jimmy Gray.
I have a little sports car,
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but it drives me round the bend.
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Would you come and fit me a new drive shaft,
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or maybe some new big ends?
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He says, if you'll take my advice,
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you'll phone up the AA.
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But if you want a bang -up job,
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just go and ask Jimmy Gray.
I have a lovely feather bed,
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it's big enough for two.
Nice and wide and strong beside,
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but the frame is split in two.
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He says my drill needs sharpening
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and there may be some delay.
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She turned around and went to the phone
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and called up Jimmy Gray.
He's fixed her bed,
he's mowed her field
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and ground her corn to flour.
Fit a new drive shaft,
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and off they went at a
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hundred miles an hour.
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So fellas, if ever a girl should ask,
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would you do a little job today?
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Just grab your tools and run like a hare,
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be there before Jimmy Gray.