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