Key: F minor
Verse 1
Em
G
D
My name is Charlie Stauffer.
G
Em
I was born in Buffalo Town.
For the last ten years
D
Em
round and round.
For the last ten years
D
Em
I wandered in to many
Am
Em
hard times I saw.
But I never knew what misery was
G
D
till I hit Arkansas.
Em
G
Em
I first landed in Hot Springs,
G
Em
it was my native home.
Am
Em
with a long and a lantern jaw.
He invited me to his hotel
of best in Arkansas.
D
Em
to catch the morning train.
see sir you better stay with me
Am
G
Em
I've got some land to drain
you're bored and you're washing
G
D
I worked for him six months
G
Em
Bob Heron was his name,
16 inches in his boots,
Em
G
He fed me on Corn Dodgers,
and he charged me 0 .40 a day
Em
G
D
He fed me on Corn Dodgers,
Till my teeth began to fall out
D
Em
and my knees began to knock.
F#m
Em
I got so thin on sassafras tea
Am
Em
I could hide behind a straw.
Em
G
D
I slumbered down to his saloon
G
Em
half dead and half alive
G
Em
To get a pint of liquor,
Em
F#m
Em
I got me a pint of liquor,
D
Em
it was the best you ever saw
And I got on a hell of a drunk
D
D#
Em
in the state of Arkansas
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