Red Dirt chords by
Jalan Crossland
Jalan Crossland

N/A
Key: D major
Intro 1
D
D
G
G
Verse 1
G
G
Bustin' that salt is a drag, sir
C
C
G
G
Bustin' that salt from the break of dawn
D
D
Till when the sun goes down
G
G
And when the sun goes down
Csus2
Csus2
I am bleedin' to broadleaf weeds
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
G
With red dirt in my ear
Well, straw boss got him a gal
C
C
G
G
Hotter than the hubs of hell
D
D
Tight as a fiddlin' string
G
G
And when she come around
C
C
Csus2
Csus2
Tellin' lies with the devil's eyes
D
D
G
G
Be the run of any fine boy
D
D
Cause a straw boss he'd
G
G
like nothin' more
D
D
Than to come down here
G
G
and settle up score
F
F
Bust your head with a two -by -four
G
G
D
D
G
G
D
D
Or a hog -jaw bone
G
G
F
F
G
G
F
F
D
D
G
G
Skunks in the bunkhouse, boys,
D
D
G
G
get away, get away
D
D
Don't want a -doin' in there
G
G
Better just sleep outside
D
D
G
G
C
C
With skeeters and bottle flies
D
D
And witches scratched in the
G
G
Em
Em
morning time
D
D
Grandpa's sittin' on the
G
G
D
D
porch swing there,
G
G
fumblin' around in his underwear
Dog's watchin' but he don't much care,
D
D
he knows the old man's just that
G
G
D
D
G
G
C
C
G
G
C
C
D
D
way
G
G
C
C
D
D
G
G
West down New Orleans
C
C
G
G
Waxin' dumb with a jug of rum
D
D
And a pretty girl on my arm
G
G
With a pretty girl on my arm
C
C
Sir, I wouldn't be here on your farm
D
D
G
G
Scratchin' in the wet dirt now
D
D
G
G
Em
Em
Three thin dime every hour or so,
D
D
G
G
don't add up to a heap of dough
F
F
And you never get enough
G
G
to have a go
D
D
G
G
C
C
G
G
Never quite enough
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
G
C
C
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
G
F
F
Eb
Eb
D
D
G
G
Bustin' that salt is a drag, sir
C
C
G
G
Bustin' that salt like a chain gang thug
D
D
on a piece of Georgia road,
G
G
on a piece of Georgia road,
C
C
busting saw till the seeds are sown
D
D
G
G
down in the red dirt.
Well, so we'll get together
tomorrow and play.
Yeah, this didn't take very long.
was only one take,
apparently. We ain't done.
No, what are we doing now?
You ready to go?
Well, what are we doing now?
Farting around while you get ready to go.
Oh, that's depressing.
Well, the longer I play it,
the worse it gets. Absolutely.

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C Csus2 F...