Chords for Poor Jud is Daid

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_ _ _ _ Open it, Tanksha!
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What do you want?
_ I got through with my business up at the house.
Just thought I'd pay a call.
_ _ _ _ You got a gun, I see.
_ _ No.
_ _ What do you do with it? _
Shoot guns.
_ _ Oh. _
_ _ _ Right there.
Pink picture.
That's a naked woman, ain't it? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Starts naked at the jamboree.
_ No she ain't.
She's got a couple of them
_ thingamabobs tied on her. _ _ _
Right.
I couldn't have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ woken her.
I don't mind.
_ _ _ _ That _ _ _ _ _ sure is a dingle.
_ _ _ _ It's a good looking rope you got here.
_ _ _ Spins nice.
You know Will Parker?
I think the shirt's gonna rope. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ It's a good strong hook you got here, Joe.
You could, uh,
you could hang yourself with that.
_ _ _ _ _ What?
_ _ Hang yourself. _ _
It'd be as easy as falling off a log.
_ _ Fact is, you could stand on a log
or a chair if you'd rather.
Right about here.
See? _ _
Put this around your neck.
And make sure it's tight up there.
Good first, of course.
_ And all you have to do is to fall off the log
or the chair.
Whichever you'd rather fall off of.
_ _ Five minutes or less, good luck.
You'll be a dead at the door now. _
What do you mean by_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sing sad songs. _
_ They would.
_ You never know how many people like you
will come to your house and kill your dad. _ _
You'd probably be laid out in the parlor
to get your best suit.
Your hair combed out to sleep.
Holding a high starch collar. _ _ _
Won't there be flowers?
_ Sure would.
And palms all around your car.
And then everyone would gather around
and the men would bury their heads
and the women would sniffle softly. _ _
Some would probably even faint.
_ One that took a shine to you when he was_
But one would never be. _ _
Lots of women.
Only they don't come right out and show you how you feel.
_ Unless you die first. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ They sure sing loud though
when the singing started.
Sing like their hearts would break.
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Portrait is dead.
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[Gbm] Portrait.
[G] The cry is _ dead.
[Cm] All gather around
[F] his [D] coffin now [Gm] and [Bb] cry. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] He had a heart of gold
and a heart of gold.
And [Ab] he _ wasn't very [A] old.
_ [Bb] Oh why did such a
feller have [Eb] to _ _ die? _ _ _ _ _
_ have to die?
Poor Judd is dead. _
[F] Poor [Gb] [G] Judd.
Poor Judd.
The cry is dead.
[Cm] He's looking oh so
[F]
peaceful [Fm] and [Gm] _ _ [Bb] serene.
And _ _ serene.
[Eb] So laid out [G] to rest.
With [Ab] his hands
across his neck.
[A] And his chest.
_ [Bb] His _ fingernails have
never been so [Eb] _ clean. _ _ _ _ _
[N] And then the preacher would get up and he'd say
[B] _
Folks we are here
to moan and groan over our brother Judd's pride.
[E] _ He'd sell firewood, pat the smoke [B] out.
_ And then there'd be weeping
and wailing from some of those women.
_ And they'd say Judd was the most misunderstood man
in the territory.
_ [E] People used to think he was a mean ugly feller
and they'd call him a dirty stonk and an
ornery pig stealer.
_ [B] But the folks that [E] really know him
know [Gb] that beneath them two dirty shirts
he always wore.
[B] Their feet are hard as big
as [E] all _ outdoors.
[B] As big as all [E] _ outdoors.
Judd cried [B] love to his fellow [E] _ man.
[B] He loved his fellow [E] _ _ man. _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ He loved the birds [C] of the forest
[Fm] and the beasts of the field.
[D] He loved the [Bb] mice and the vermin in the barn
and he treated them rats like eagles.
Which was right.
[Cm] _ _ He [F] loved all the little children.
[Bb] He loved [Fm] everybody and [Eb] everything in the world.
The one he never let on. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Cord _ _ Judd is dead.
Cord [F] _ [Gbm]
[G] Judd
Fry is dead.
[Cm] His friends
always [F] been well
[Fm] for [Bb] miles around.
_ Miles around.
And [Eb] the daisies
in the town
will [Ab] give off a [Eb] different smell.
_ _ _ [E] Because Cord Judd [Bb] is
underneath [Eb] the ground. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Cord Judd is dead.
[F] A candle
[G] lights his head.
[Cm] He's _ laying
in a [F] coffin
made [Bb] of _ wood. _ _
Wood.
[Eb] And folks are feeling _ sad.
Because [Ab] they used to treat him [Eb] _ bad.
[Bb] But now they know
their friend is gone [Eb] for good.
_ _ Good. _ _
_ _ Cord Judd is dead.
[F] A [Gb] candle [G] _ lights his head.
[Cm] He's looking up [F] so pretty
[Fm] and [Bb] so _ _ nice.
_ _ _ [Eb] He looks
like he's asleep.
It's [Ab] a shame
that he [A] won't keep.
_ [Bb] But it's summer
and we're running
out [Eb] of _ ice. _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Cord _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Judd
[Bb] _ Cord _
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Judd Cord Judd _ _ _ _ _
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