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The Man With The Golden Thumb chords by 
Jerry Reed 
N/A•
Key: D# minor•BPM: 115
Verse 1
Am
He was sitting out on his front porch
D
pickin' when I snuck up behind his shack
He was playin' that ol' beat- up guitar
of his to a dog that he called Jack
Am
Now my daddy used to tell me boy,
D
don't go wanderin' round his place
Why that man could be Satan's right arm,
G
he's got evil in his face
Am
But boy, he'd make that ol' beat- up guitar
D
sound like it cost a hundred dollar bill
G
D
Even though he'd lost four of his fingers
Am
workin' in a back woods sawmill
I used to stand there in the darkness
D
and I'd listen while he played
G
D
And until this very day I can still recall every
Am
G
Am
lick he ever made
G
Well he played
Verse 2
C
G
punk and Blues, folk and Rock,
D
Am
he didn't know they had a name
C
G
But he could ring them strings, make em sing,
D
E
he was way ahead of the game
C
G
D
He took his thumb and he'd slap it numb and say "Jack,
Am
here's how it's done
G
So just lay back and listen boy,
D
Am
to the man with the golden thumb"
Verse 3
Am
D
One night I finally got up my nerve,
and I walked up to that old man
G
C
D
And them cold black eyes stared down at me
Am
and my feet kinda shuffled in the sand
He said, "Hey, what's a kid like you doin'
D
hangin' round an old man like me?"
G
D
I said, "Mister, I just love your playin'"; he said,
G
"Well, then pull up and have a seat!"
Am
Well I spent a lot of time in his cabin,
D
just him and that old dog, and me
G
D
And, folks, it was there that I heard the best
guitar in the state of Tennessee
Am
And you know, to my eyes,
D
it was a miracle just to see the way it was done
G
D
Am
G
The good Lord made him born blind but He gave him a golden thumb
Am
G
C
G
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
Am
I spent a many nights at his cabin,
D
and he taught me everything I know
G
D
He said "Son, we oughta take your banjo
Am
and my guitar and hit the road"
So, we went down to Dallas and we killed 'em,
D
did the same thing in New Orleans
G
D
We raised the roof in ol' Saint Lou
G
and I can still hear the people scream
Am
I can feel him in
Verse 5
G
my fingers,
Am
you can hear him every time I strum
D
Am
G
Heard a whole lot of pickers but they can't hold
C
Am
G
Am
a candle to the man with the golden thumb
C
He played
Verse 6
G
punk and Blues, folk and Rock,
D
Am
he didn't know they had a name
C
G
But he could ring them strings, make em sing,
D
E
he was way ahead of the game
C
G
D
He'd take his thumb and slap it numb and say "Boy,
Am
here's how it's done
G
D
G
If you take note you might learn to play like the man with the golden thumb"
Outro 1
Em
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