Chords for Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn - Cotton Pickin Kids - Live performance 8/26/2023 Bluegrass in the Ridge

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This next one is a [D] _ _ _ _
fun _ _ _ [Gb] one. _
[G] It really features Divine on a dobro also.
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We heard this song by Alci [C] Craftsman and Station.
[Gb] It's called Boy Who Wouldn't [A] Hook Corn.
We kind of fell in love with it and always wanted to [Am] learn it.
And finally, after [E] years of trying to learn it, we got it. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [D] Tell your little story and it won't [Bb] take _ long. _
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That lazy farmer _ who wouldn't hoe his corn.
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The reason why I never could [Bb] care. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ That young man was _ _ [D] always_
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[D] _ _ Planting his corn in the [Bb] month of _ _ June. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ By July was up to his eyes.
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_ [G] Come [D] September _ came a [Bb] big _ frost. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ And all the [F] young man's [D] corn was a-floss. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] The
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corn [A] till next season.
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_ _ _ [G] And the young man he was [D] always young.
_ But by the [Dm] time _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[G] he was thirty.
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_ _ [D] He was down to three years [Bb] old.
_ _ _ [G] He had all his [D] things he'd pulled. _
And the little man's _ [Bb] story. _
_ _ _ [D] The little man [Dm] said.
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] What did you pull for three [Bb] children? _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ They'd pay for all the [Dm] rain.
_ _ [D] And the little man's dream.
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[D] He turned his back and [Bb] walked _ away. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [C] _ Saying little miss you've ruined the day.
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_ [D] You've ruined the day that [Bb] you were born.
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_ _ _ _ Give me the devil cause I wouldn't hoe.
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