kentucky february 27 1971 chords by
Tom T. Hall

N/A

Key: D major•

Verse 1
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There were signs beside
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the road like "Jesus Saves"
And "Relieve yourself the
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fast and gentle way"
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I was lookin' for an old man who
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lived way back in these hills
Who just might have a story
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I could tell
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Verse 2
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G G 
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Pretty soon the blacktop disappeared
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I felt the car change to a lower gear
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I took a drink of liquor just
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to chase away the chill
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I was 27 miles from Olive Hill
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Verse 3
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D D 
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Ahead I saw the bridge where I turned right
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A dirt road led straight up a mountainside
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I pulled up to a farmhouse I
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thought I  had seen before
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An old man and his dog
were at the door
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Verse 4
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They told me this old- timer knew this land
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I told him, "Sir, I just don't understand
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Why the kids in this state just
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grow up and move away
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And leave the land where they
were born and raised."
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Verse 5
He said, "Son,
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you can't make it on this land
Unless you're happy workin'
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with your hands
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There ain't no kids today that
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wanna stay and work it out
They wanna see the things
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they hear about."
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Verse 6
He said, "I cleared this
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whole farm off myself
And I'd work it now but time
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has got my health."
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Then starin' out the window
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restin' in his easy chair
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He told me what I'd really come to hear
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Verse 7
"You know, son,
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people used to tell their kids
'Now, I don't want you to have
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to work the way I  did.'
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They don't and some will tell
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you that it's a shame
But you have to think be
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fore you place the blame."
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Verse 8
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I guess we must have talked for half a day
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'Til I told him that I'd best be on my way
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He shook my hand and said,
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"I'm glad I met you, Mr. Hall
But I guess there ain't no song
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here after all."