Black Sheep Chords by John Anderson
Tempo:
78.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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My daddy was a brake man on a highball traveling train
Her mama she raised four little children and a family had a good name
[C] And Papa and Mama wanted all for us they never had
[G] Big brother little brother and sister too none of them turned out have bad [D] except me
[C] I
Am the black sheep of [G] the family
Big brother went to college and became a doctor man.
I
Guess he makes about a million dollars a year on the folks on insurance plan
He's [C] got a big long Mercedes man and a housewoman look at the town
[G] He sits in his jacuzzi and he watches the Sun go down
[D] And it feels real sorry for me
[E] I'm the black sheep of the [G] family
[Bm] [C] Yeah, I'm a big old semi [G] truck.
I make them payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on table [A] and tonight.
She [Dm] was my back
[G] And I tell her what my mama said to my [C] mama when he got off a highball train
[G] Oh wake me up early be [A] good to my dogs and teach my children to [G] play
Little sister married a banker.
Yeah, he owns a country club
He bought her a big old racing horse and a funny-looking little doll
He [C] buys her big rank and I'm a dad a brand new Japanese
[G] But they [E] like to get [B] together and talk about all the [G] things they've got
[D] But they never mentioned me
I'm the black sheep of the family
[C] Drive me a big old semi truck.
I make it payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on tables [A] and at night she's my back
And I tell her [G] what my mama said to my mama [C] when he got off a highball train
[G] Wake me up early be good [D] to my dogs and teach my [G] children to play
I'm saying woman.
Oh wake me up early be good to my dog and [E] teach my children to play
[G] [N]
Her mama she raised four little children and a family had a good name
[C] And Papa and Mama wanted all for us they never had
[G] Big brother little brother and sister too none of them turned out have bad [D] except me
[C] I
Am the black sheep of [G] the family
Big brother went to college and became a doctor man.
I
Guess he makes about a million dollars a year on the folks on insurance plan
He's [C] got a big long Mercedes man and a housewoman look at the town
[G] He sits in his jacuzzi and he watches the Sun go down
[D] And it feels real sorry for me
[E] I'm the black sheep of the [G] family
[Bm] [C] Yeah, I'm a big old semi [G] truck.
I make them payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on table [A] and tonight.
She [Dm] was my back
[G] And I tell her what my mama said to my [C] mama when he got off a highball train
[G] Oh wake me up early be [A] good to my dogs and teach my children to [G] play
Little sister married a banker.
Yeah, he owns a country club
He bought her a big old racing horse and a funny-looking little doll
He [C] buys her big rank and I'm a dad a brand new Japanese
[G] But they [E] like to get [B] together and talk about all the [G] things they've got
[D] But they never mentioned me
I'm the black sheep of the family
[C] Drive me a big old semi truck.
I make it payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on tables [A] and at night she's my back
And I tell her [G] what my mama said to my mama [C] when he got off a highball train
[G] Wake me up early be good [D] to my dogs and teach my [G] children to play
I'm saying woman.
Oh wake me up early be good to my dog and [E] teach my children to play
[G] [N]
Key:
G
C
D
E
A
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My daddy was a brake man on a highball traveling train
Her mama she raised four little children and a family had a good name
[C] And Papa and Mama wanted all for us they never had
_ [G] Big brother little brother and sister too none of them turned out have bad [D] except me
_ _ [C] I
Am the black sheep of [G] the family
_ _ _ Big brother went to college and became a doctor man.
I
Guess he makes about a million dollars a year on the folks on insurance plan
He's [C] got a big long Mercedes man and a housewoman look at the town
[G] He sits in his jacuzzi and he watches the Sun go down
[D] And it feels real sorry for me
_ [E] I'm the black sheep of the [G] family _
_ [Bm] [C] Yeah, I'm a big old semi [G] truck.
I make them payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on table [A] and tonight.
She [Dm] was my back
[G] And I tell her what my mama said to my [C] mama when he got off a highball train
[G] Oh wake me up early be [A] good to my dogs and teach my children to [G] play _ _ _ _ _ _
Little sister married a banker.
Yeah, he owns a country club
He bought her a big old racing horse and a funny-looking little doll
He [C] buys her big rank and I'm a dad a brand new Japanese
[G] But they [E] like to get [B] together and talk about all the [G] things they've got
[D] But they never mentioned me
_ _ I'm the black sheep of the family
_ _ [C] Drive me a big old semi truck.
I make it payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on tables [A] and at night she's my back
And I tell her [G] what my mama said to my mama [C] when he got off a highball train
[G] Wake me up early be good [D] to my dogs and teach my [G] children to play
I'm saying woman.
Oh wake me up early be good to my dog and [E] teach my children to play
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
My daddy was a brake man on a highball traveling train
Her mama she raised four little children and a family had a good name
[C] And Papa and Mama wanted all for us they never had
_ [G] Big brother little brother and sister too none of them turned out have bad [D] except me
_ _ [C] I
Am the black sheep of [G] the family
_ _ _ Big brother went to college and became a doctor man.
I
Guess he makes about a million dollars a year on the folks on insurance plan
He's [C] got a big long Mercedes man and a housewoman look at the town
[G] He sits in his jacuzzi and he watches the Sun go down
[D] And it feels real sorry for me
_ [E] I'm the black sheep of the [G] family _
_ [Bm] [C] Yeah, I'm a big old semi [G] truck.
I make them payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on table [A] and tonight.
She [Dm] was my back
[G] And I tell her what my mama said to my [C] mama when he got off a highball train
[G] Oh wake me up early be [A] good to my dogs and teach my children to [G] play _ _ _ _ _ _
Little sister married a banker.
Yeah, he owns a country club
He bought her a big old racing horse and a funny-looking little doll
He [C] buys her big rank and I'm a dad a brand new Japanese
[G] But they [E] like to get [B] together and talk about all the [G] things they've got
[D] But they never mentioned me
_ _ I'm the black sheep of the family
_ _ [C] Drive me a big old semi truck.
I make it payments on a two-row shack
[C] My wife she waits on tables [A] and at night she's my back
And I tell her [G] what my mama said to my mama [C] when he got off a highball train
[G] Wake me up early be good [D] to my dogs and teach my [G] children to play
I'm saying woman.
Oh wake me up early be good to my dog and [E] teach my children to play
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _