The Ballad Of Widder Jones (And Her Twenty-Five Acres Of Sand) chords by 
George Hamilton Iv 
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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When Ben Jones fell under Yankee lead,
Ben Jones left a witter.
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A lovely thing just turned eighteen
who couldn't help but be bitter.
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He didn't leave for nothing but a cabin
and some fiddles
and some old black taxis
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On twenty -five acres of sandy soil
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In the middle of Texas
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Now Witter Jones said, Benny's gone
It ain't no use in me cryin'
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So Witter Jones went into town
And started drinkin' some wine
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She told the strangers all around the bar
That she was all alone
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And that she'd give her land
to the very first man
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who would take her home
Well, the next morning found a tall,
dark stranger
looking over his new land
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Said, what good is twenty
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-five scrawny acres
when you can't get grass to stand?
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He went back inside
and told the widder Jones
she'd made a fool out of him
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And he laid Witter Jones' dying bones
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Near their twenty -five acres of sand
Now a hundred years has come and gone
And Witter Jones is forgotten
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The tall, dark stranger died in chains
In San Quentin's dark bottom
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But poor fools, they let their hearts be ruled
Of passion, greed, and malice
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Cause today that 25 acres of sand
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is sittin' in the middle of Dallas
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It's sittin' in downtown Dal las
Outro 1
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