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