Key: B minor
Intro 1
Dm
Verse 1
Dm
They weigh the cotton,
they store the corn
Gm
We're only good enough
A
to work the roads
Dm
They run the commissary,
they keep the books
Gm
A
We gotta be grateful for
Dm
being cheated
F
Whip snapper clerks call out our names
Gm
A
We got to say mister to spindlin' boys
Dm
They make our figures turn to somersets
Gm
We bunk in the middle,
A
say thank you, sir
Bb
Dm
They don't come by ones
Bb
Dm
Bb
They don't come by tunes
Dm
But they come by tens
They got the judges,
F
they got the lawyers,
Gm
they got the jury rolls,
A
they got the law
Dm
They got the sheriffs,
F
they got the deputies,
Gm
they got the shotguns,
A
Dm
they got the rolls
Bb
Dm
We get the justice in the end,
Bb
Dm
we get the justice in the end
Gm
Bb
Dm
An d they come by ten
Interlude 1
Dm
Verse 2
C
Their fists stay closed,
Dm
their eyes look straight
A
Dm
Our hands stay open, our eyes must fall
C
They got the manhood,
Dm
they got the courage
A
We've got to slick around
Bb
like hang -tail hounds
Dm
They burn us when we dance
Bb
Dm
Bb
They burn us when we mend
F
Dm
And they come back to us
F
Gm
A
Dm
C
F
Gm
A
Dm
I had a buddy, six foot of man
Gm
A
Dm
Muscled up perfect, game to the heart
He outworked and he outfought
F
Gm
A
Any man, or any two men
Dm
He spoke out of turn
at the commissary
Gm
They gave him a date
A
to get out of the county
Dm
He didn't take it, he said,
come and get me
Gm
They came and got him,
A
he stayed in the county
Bb
Dm
And he lays there dead
Bb
Dm
They don't come by ones
Bb
Dm
They don't come by twos,
Bb
Dm
but they come by tens,
Gm
Dm
come by tens.
G
Dm
Gm
Dm
Gm
Dm
Gm
Dm
Gm
Dm
Dm
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