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Intro 1
(A minor)
Verse 1
He was sitting out on his front (A minor) porch
pickin' when I (D major) snuck up behind his shack
He was playin' that ol' beat- up guitar
of his to a dog that he called Jack
(A minor) Now my daddy used to tell me boy,
don't go wanderin' round (D major) his place
Why that man could be Satan's right arm,
he's got evil in his face (G major)
But boy, (A minor) he'd make that ol' beat- up guitar
sound like (D major) it cost a hundred dollar bill
Even though (G major) he'd lost four of his (D major) fingers
workin' in a back woods sawmill (A minor)
I used to stand there in the darkness
and I'd listen (D major) while he played
And until (G major) this very day I (D major) can still recall every
lick he ever made (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(G major) Well he played
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Verse 2
(C major) punk and Blues, (G major) folk and Rock,
he didn't (D major) know they had a name (A minor)
But he could (C major) ring them strings, (G major) make em sing,
he was (D major) way ahead of the game (E major)
He (C major) took his thumb and he'd (G major) slap it numb and say (D major) "Jack,
here's how (A minor) it's done
So just lay back and listen (G major) boy,
to the (D major) man with the golden thum (A minor) b"
Verse 3
(A minor)
One night I finally got up my nerve, (D major)
and I walked up to that old man
And them cold (G major) black eyes stared (C major) down at (D major) me
and my feet kinda shuffled in the sand (A minor)
He said, "Hey, what's a kid like you doin'
hangin' (D major) round an old man like me?"
I said, "Mister, (G major) I just love your (D major) playin'"; he said,
"Well, then pull up and have (G major) a seat!"
Well I (A minor) spent a lot of time in his cabin,
just him (D major) and that old dog, and me
And, folks, (G major) it was there that I heard (D major) the best
guitar in the state of Tennessee
(A minor) And you know, to my eyes,
it was a miracle just to (D major) see the way it was done
The (G major) good Lord made him born (D major) blind but He gave him a golden thum (A minor) b (G major)
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Interlude 1
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Verse 4
I spent a many nights at his cabin, (A minor)
and he taught me everything (D major) I know
He said (G major) "Son, (D major) we oughta take your banjo
and my guitar and hit the road" (A minor)
So, we went down to Dallas and we killed 'em,
did (D major) the same thing in New Orleans
We raised the (G major) roof in (D major) ol' Saint Lou
and I can still hear the people scream (G major)
(A minor) I can feel him in
Verse 5
(G major) my fingers,
you can (A minor) hear him every time I strum
(D major) Heard a (A minor) whole lot of pickers but they (G major) can't hold
a candle to the (C major) man with the golden (A minor) thum b (G major) (A minor)
(C major) He played
Verse 6
punk and Blues, (G major) folk and Rock,
he didn't (D major) know they had a name (A minor)
But he could (C major) ring them strings, (G major) make em sing,
he was (D major) way ahead of the game (E major)
He'd (C major) take his thumb and (G major) slap it numb and say (D major) "Boy,
here's how it's (A minor) done
If you take note you might (G major) learn to play like the (D major) man with the golden thumb" (G major)
Outro 1
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The Man With The Golden Thumb
Jerry Reed
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