Root Hog or Die chords by June Carter Cash
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
When I was (D major) young and
Verse 1
(G major)
pretty
With a twinkling in (D major) my (G major) eye
I met a travelin' (C major) man one day
And I (G major) guess he told (D major) a lie (G major)
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Verse 2
When we was a courting (G major)
He called me sugar pie
Now he calls me (C major) other names
It's root, ho (D major) g, or die (G major)
Verse 3
Root, hog, or die (C major)
Tell (G major) you the reason (D major) why
I met a trav (G major) elin' man one day
And I guess he told (D major) a lie
Verse 4
(G major) A rig a tig tig A (C major) rig a tig tig A (G major) rig a
tig tig (D major) tig
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
He asked me to (D major) get mar
Verse 5
(G major) ried
One cold day in July
But since the day we've (C major) tied the knot
It's (G major) root, ho (D major) g, or die (G major)
He always (D major) promised
Verse 6
(G major) that I'd get
a (D major) 50 50 deal
(G major)
But every time he buys (C major) a turnip
(G major) All I (D major) get's the heel (G major)
Verse 7
Root, hog, or die (C major)
Tell (G major) the world good (D major) bye
For since the day (G major) we tied the knot
It's root, ho (D major) g,
Interlude 2
or die
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 8
He told me that I'd always (G major)
be the apple of his eye
But since I knocked his (C major) one eye out
It's (G major) root, hog, or die
Verse 9
My old man don't (G major) work at all
No, he won't (D major) even try (G major)
If I don't work, I'll starve (C major) to death
It's (G major) root, ho (D major) g, or die (G major)
Verse 10
Root, hog, or die (C major)
Just (G major) me, myself, and (D major) I
If I don't (G major) work, I'll starve to death
It's root, ho (D major) g,
Interlude 3
or die
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Now I ain't (D major) young and
Verse 11
(G major) pretty
There's no twinkling (D major) in my (G major) eye
Cause since I met that trav (C major) elin' man
It's (G major) root, ho (D major) g or die (G major)
Verse 12
Root, hog, or die (C major)
(G major) Root, hog, or die (D major)
Cause (G major) since I met that travelin' man
It's root, ho (D major) g or die
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Root Hog or Die
June Carter Cash
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