Chords for The Carter Family - I Was Born 4000 Years Ago
Tempo:
102.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
Oh, I was born about four thousand years ago, And there's nothing in this world [D] I do not know.
[G] I saw King Pharaoh's daughter [C] finding Moses on the water, [D] I can whip the man that says it [G] isn't so.
I saw Noah when he built his famous ark, I crept into it one [D] night when it was dark.
[G] I saw Joanie swallow the [C] whale, and I pulled the lion's tail, [D] And I crossed the land of Nod [G] when it was dark.
Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and I stood [G] to stand.
[D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
I saw Satan when he searched the garden door, I saw Eve and Adam driven from [D] the door.
[G] And the apples they were eating from [C] the bushes I was peeping, I [D] can prove that I was the man that ate [G] the coir.
Oh, I saw Cain and Brother Abel in the glade, And I know the game of poker [D] that they played.
[G] It was right there in the rough [C] when they killed him with a club, [D] And I know it was a diamond [G] on the spade.
Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and Isaac stood to [G] stand.
[D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
Oh, I saw Jackson and General Abelie, I taught Solomon his little [D] ABC.
[G] Oh, I went out on the bay with [C]
Methuselah one day, [D] And saved his flowing whiskers from [G] the breeze.
Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, We were married in Milwaukee, [D] 6 A.D.
[G] Oh, I took her out and shook her, And [C] I went with General [D] Hooker, To fight mosquitoes down in [G] Tennessee.
[N]
Oh, I was born about four thousand years ago, And there's nothing in this world [D] I do not know.
[G] I saw King Pharaoh's daughter [C] finding Moses on the water, [D] I can whip the man that says it [G] isn't so.
I saw Noah when he built his famous ark, I crept into it one [D] night when it was dark.
[G] I saw Joanie swallow the [C] whale, and I pulled the lion's tail, [D] And I crossed the land of Nod [G] when it was dark.
Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and I stood [G] to stand.
[D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
I saw Satan when he searched the garden door, I saw Eve and Adam driven from [D] the door.
[G] And the apples they were eating from [C] the bushes I was peeping, I [D] can prove that I was the man that ate [G] the coir.
Oh, I saw Cain and Brother Abel in the glade, And I know the game of poker [D] that they played.
[G] It was right there in the rough [C] when they killed him with a club, [D] And I know it was a diamond [G] on the spade.
Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and Isaac stood to [G] stand.
[D]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
Oh, I saw Jackson and General Abelie, I taught Solomon his little [D] ABC.
[G] Oh, I went out on the bay with [C]
Methuselah one day, [D] And saved his flowing whiskers from [G] the breeze.
Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, We were married in Milwaukee, [D] 6 A.D.
[G] Oh, I took her out and shook her, And [C] I went with General [D] Hooker, To fight mosquitoes down in [G] Tennessee.
[N]
Key:
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C
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, I was born about four thousand years ago, And there's nothing in this world [D] I do not know.
[G] I saw King Pharaoh's daughter [C] finding Moses on the water, [D] I can whip the man that says it [G] isn't so.
_ _ I saw Noah when he built his famous ark, I crept into it one [D] night when it was dark.
[G] I saw Joanie swallow the [C] whale, and I pulled the lion's tail, [D] And I crossed the land of Nod [G] when it was dark.
_ _ Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
_ [G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and I stood [G] to stand.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I saw Satan when he searched the garden door, I saw Eve and Adam driven from [D] the door.
_ [G] And the apples they were eating from [C] the bushes I was peeping, I [D] can prove that I was the man that ate [G] the coir.
_ Oh, I saw Cain and Brother Abel in the glade, And I know the game of poker [D] that they played.
_ [G] It was right there in the rough [C] when they killed him with a club, [D] And I know it was a diamond [G] on the spade.
_ Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and Isaac stood to [G] stand.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Oh, I saw Jackson and General Abelie, _ I taught Solomon his little [D] ABC.
_ [G] Oh, I went out on the bay with [C]
Methuselah one day, [D] And saved his flowing whiskers from [G] the breeze.
_ _ _ Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, We were married in Milwaukee, [D] 6 A.D.
[G] Oh, I took her out and shook her, And [C] I went with General [D] Hooker, To fight mosquitoes down in [G] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ Oh, I was born about four thousand years ago, And there's nothing in this world [D] I do not know.
[G] I saw King Pharaoh's daughter [C] finding Moses on the water, [D] I can whip the man that says it [G] isn't so.
_ _ I saw Noah when he built his famous ark, I crept into it one [D] night when it was dark.
[G] I saw Joanie swallow the [C] whale, and I pulled the lion's tail, [D] And I crossed the land of Nod [G] when it was dark.
_ _ Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
_ [G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and I stood [G] to stand.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I saw Satan when he searched the garden door, I saw Eve and Adam driven from [D] the door.
_ [G] And the apples they were eating from [C] the bushes I was peeping, I [D] can prove that I was the man that ate [G] the coir.
_ Oh, I saw Cain and Brother Abel in the glade, And I know the game of poker [D] that they played.
_ [G] It was right there in the rough [C] when they killed him with a club, [D] And I know it was a diamond [G] on the spade.
_ Oh, you know I'm a very highly educated [D] man, I hold my brain within the palm of my hand.
[G] Oh, I've been on earth so long [C] that I used to sing a song, [D] While Abraham and Isaac stood to [G] stand.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Oh, I saw Jackson and General Abelie, _ I taught Solomon his little [D] ABC.
_ [G] Oh, I went out on the bay with [C]
Methuselah one day, [D] And saved his flowing whiskers from [G] the breeze.
_ _ _ Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, We were married in Milwaukee, [D] 6 A.D.
[G] Oh, I took her out and shook her, And [C] I went with General [D] Hooker, To fight mosquitoes down in [G] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _