Under The Hickory Nut Tree chords by Chet Atkins

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (E flatdim)  (D minor)  (C major)  (G major) You know,
Chester Adkins
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usually just sits  (C major) over in the corner
on a chair
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and kinda strums  (F major) on the guitar,
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 (G major) just flim flams the daylights out  (C major) of it
every once in a while.
He's been a little different now,
he's gonna sing for you,
and, well, Helen and Anita's
helping him
just a little bit here
along with this tune, one called
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Under the Hickory Nut Tree.  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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I asked my love to  (F major) marry me,  (C major) 
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under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree,
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there she sat upon  (F major) his  (C major) knee.
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I said to myself, I  (F major) know she'll agree,  (C major) 
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but suddenly she pounced  (F major) on  (C major) me,
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under the  (G major) hickory  (C major) 
And they were married right
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 (F major) there on the  (C major) spot,
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under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree.
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I said to myself, what a  (F major) bargain I  (C major) got,
but he soon found out
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he got  (F major) cheated a  (C major) lot.
For ten minutes later,
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my  (F major) head wore a  (C major) knot
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Under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree  (F major)  (C major)  (D minor) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 
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 (F major)  (C major)  (D minor)  (G major)  (C major) 
She beat me, she banged me,
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in  (F major) the head with a  (C major) rock
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Under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree
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She told everybody she loved  (F major) him a  (C major) lot
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Ten years later, just  (F major) look what he's  (C major) got
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A dozen children and  (F major) no place to  (C major) start
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But under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree
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I died of heart failure and  (F major) they buried  (C major) me
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Under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree
He thought at last some
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 (F major) peace he would  (C major) see
But there sits his wife
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on an (F major) other man's  (C major) knee
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A -talkin' of love and a  (F major) -sittin' on  (C major) me
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Under the  (G major) hickory nut  (C major) tree
Oh, mighty, mighty fine, kids, mighty fine.