King of the Hill chords by Johnny Cash

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Verse 1

If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill

Verse 2
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If you gonna be king of the hill
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You can't make it at the cotton mill
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Get put on at the Harlan mine
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Be the last one out at quittin' time
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Verse 3

You already workin' when

the whistle blew

Never complain about a job to do

When they say who can, you say I will

If you ever gonna be king of the hill

Verse 4

If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill

Verse 5
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You need a good woman to share your bed
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To keep you loved and to keep you fed
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To help you to face another day
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To get you up and on your way
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Verse 6
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Where the golden rule don't rule out true
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You do to them before they do to you
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Watch out for yourself or nobody will
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If you ever gonna be king of the hill

Verse 7

If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at

the cotton mill

Verse 8
Saturday night you go to
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Harlan town
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You shoot some pool and you fool around
You watch the girls and
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you drink bootleg
Get starved to death be
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fore you beg
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Verse 9
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You trust in luck till your luck is gone
Then jump right in and you
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hang right on
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There may be times you would have to kill
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If you ever gonna be king of the hill

Verse 10

If you gonna be king of the hill

You can't make it at the cotton mill

Verse 11
When the last of the coals
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out of every vein
Had long been gone on
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the northbound train
Walk up to the top and if
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you're standing still

Verse 12
You can call yourself king of the hill
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But if you fall like a lot have done
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By accident or knife or gun
When they lay you high on
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the mountain still
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You can call yourself king of the hill