Key: C major•
Verse 1
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You know,
Chester Adkins
on a chair
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just flim flams the daylights out 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.
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I asked my love to marry me,
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under the hickory nut tree,
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there she sat upon his knee.
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I said to myself, I know she'll agree,
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but suddenly she pounced on me,
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under the hickory
And they were married right
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there on the spot,
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under the hickory nut tree.
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I said to myself, what a bargain I got,
but he soon found out
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he got cheated a lot.
For ten minutes later,
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my head wore a knot
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Under the hickory nut tree
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She beat me, she banged me,
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in the head with a rock
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Under the hickory nut tree
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She told everybody she loved him a lot
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Ten years later, just look what he's got
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A dozen children and no place to start
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But under the hickory nut tree
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I died of heart failure and they buried me
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Under the hickory nut tree
He thought at last some
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peace he would see
But there sits his wife
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on another man's knee
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A -talkin' of love and a -sittin' on me
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Under the hickory nut tree
Oh, mighty, mighty fine, kids, mighty fine.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Ebdim Dm G F
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