Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
Bb
C
Bb
C
When Peter Francis
Bb
C
F
co was just a little babe,
Eb
Bb
the people came from miles around
C
Bb
to see what God had made.
C
Bb
He walked the day that he was born,
C
F
he galloped and he ran.
Eb
Bb
He helped his mother out of bed
C
Bb
and cooled her with his fan.
Cm
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Bb
C
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Bb
C
Bb
When Peter Francisco,
F
Eb
Bb
A panther and a bear
C
Bb
came out to fight him in the snow
C
Bb
He grabbed the bear in his left hand
F
Eb
Bb
He cracked their heads together
Bb
Cm
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Cm
Bb
C
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Bb
C
Bb
When Peter Francisco
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F
saw red coats at his door
Eb
Bb
He rushed out of his cabin,
Bb
C
Bb
There must have been a hundred,
C
F
but he licked them every one
Bb
C
went running back to Tarleton
Bb
Cm
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Bb
C
Bb
C
He said, I'm gonna try to be a man
Bb
C
Bb
He found him a sweet little wife,
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F
she weighed six hundred pounds
Eb
Bb
He carried her across the smokies
C
Bb
to his honey ranch
C
Bb
She had ten sets of triplets
F
Eb
Bb
When everyone turned out
C
Bb
to be exactly like his dad
C
Bb
C
And said, I'm gonna try to be a man
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Bb
to be a man.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Bb F Eb Cm
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