Chords for Victor Wooten - Bro John
Tempo:
85.6 bpm
Chords used:
F
Dm
Ab
Fm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] Way back years ago down on the farm there was a man named John
And everything you put in front of him he was eating on up.
[Ab] This is the legend [N] of Rug John
[F] [D] [Eb]
[D] [Ab]
[F] [D] [Ab] [G]
[Ab] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Fm] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [G]
[C]
[Em] [Ab] [F] Rug John, [Abm] [D] [Dm] [Fm] [F] Rug John, [Abm] [Fm] [Dm] [Cm] [Bb] Rug [F] John
Big Brother John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
[Fm] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] Rug John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
So I will tell you a story to say it's true
You can eat it when you regrow Big Brother John he came right back
Ate the whole watermelon just like that
With his arm he looked so fine
To see anybody eat a melon that size
Rug John tell me I have to know
Tell me Rug John where did you go
Rug John said I was gone
I had a watermelon beside that home
So I figured I could [G] rehearse
I had to see if I could eat that one first
Rug John [C] [Bb] ate [Am] a whole [D] billy pig
[Bb] Rug John [C] [A] something right down [D] his throat
[A] Rug [Dm] John [C] [A] went and asked [D] Jesus
[Bb] Rug John [C] boy [A] [Ab] what's the matter with you [F] Rug John
[Fm] Rug [Dm] [F] John
[Fm] [Ab]
[F] [Eb] Rug John [F] tell me now
[Bb] Ain't no one man [Fm] can eat a whole billy [Dm] though
I [Fm] mean [Ab] everyone's [F] small
[D]
Rug [F] John [Eb] did you really eat that [Abm] about a dozen [F] pieces
Of those little dogs of [D] five acres of fields
[Dm] Yeah I ate [Eb] it I was a little [Ab] kid
And I washed it down with a twenty pound bottle of [Dm] K-Capsicum
[Eb]
[F] [Gm] [Fm] [Ab] I ate [F] twenty pounds of it for the hunger
[Bb] [Fm] [Dm]
[Bb]
And everything you put in front of him he was eating on up.
[Ab] This is the legend [N] of Rug John
[F] [D] [Eb]
[D] [Ab]
[F] [D] [Ab] [G]
[Ab] [Dm] [F] [G]
[Fm] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [G]
[C]
[Em] [Ab] [F] Rug John, [Abm] [D] [Dm] [Fm] [F] Rug John, [Abm] [Fm] [Dm] [Cm] [Bb] Rug [F] John
Big Brother John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
[Fm] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] Rug John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
So I will tell you a story to say it's true
You can eat it when you regrow Big Brother John he came right back
Ate the whole watermelon just like that
With his arm he looked so fine
To see anybody eat a melon that size
Rug John tell me I have to know
Tell me Rug John where did you go
Rug John said I was gone
I had a watermelon beside that home
So I figured I could [G] rehearse
I had to see if I could eat that one first
Rug John [C] [Bb] ate [Am] a whole [D] billy pig
[Bb] Rug John [C] [A] something right down [D] his throat
[A] Rug [Dm] John [C] [A] went and asked [D] Jesus
[Bb] Rug John [C] boy [A] [Ab] what's the matter with you [F] Rug John
[Fm] Rug [Dm] [F] John
[Fm] [Ab]
[F] [Eb] Rug John [F] tell me now
[Bb] Ain't no one man [Fm] can eat a whole billy [Dm] though
I [Fm] mean [Ab] everyone's [F] small
[D]
Rug [F] John [Eb] did you really eat that [Abm] about a dozen [F] pieces
Of those little dogs of [D] five acres of fields
[Dm] Yeah I ate [Eb] it I was a little [Ab] kid
And I washed it down with a twenty pound bottle of [Dm] K-Capsicum
[Eb]
[F] [Gm] [Fm] [Ab] I ate [F] twenty pounds of it for the hunger
[Bb] [Fm] [Dm]
[Bb]
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[F] _ _ _ _ Way back years ago _ down on the farm _ there was a man named John
_ And _ _ everything you put in front of him he was eating on up.
[Ab] _ This is the legend [N] of Rug John _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Rug John, [Abm] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ [F] Rug John, [Abm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] [Bb] Rug [F] John
Big _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Brother John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ Rug John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
_ _ _ _ Give _ _ _ him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
So I will tell you a story to say it's true
You can eat it when you regrow Big Brother John he came right back
Ate the whole watermelon just like that
With his arm he looked so fine
To see anybody eat a melon that size
Rug John tell me I have to know
Tell me Rug John where did you go
Rug John said I was gone
I had a watermelon beside that home
So I figured I could [G] rehearse
I had to see if I could eat that one first
Rug John [C] [Bb] ate [Am] a whole [D] billy pig
[Bb] Rug John [C] _ [A] something right down [D] his throat
[A] Rug [Dm] John [C] _ [A] went and asked [D] Jesus
[Bb] Rug John [C] boy [A] [Ab] what's the matter with you [F] Rug John
[Fm] _ Rug [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ John
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ [Eb] _ Rug John [F] tell me now
[Bb] Ain't no one man [Fm] can eat a whole billy [Dm] though
I [Fm] mean [Ab] everyone's [F] small
[D] _
Rug [F] John [Eb] did you really eat that [Abm] about a dozen [F] pieces
Of those little dogs of [D] five acres of fields
[Dm] Yeah I ate [Eb] it I was a little [Ab] kid
And I washed it down with a twenty pound bottle of [Dm] K-Capsicum
[Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] [Ab] I ate [F] twenty pounds _ of it for the hunger
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And _ _ everything you put in front of him he was eating on up.
[Ab] _ This is the legend [N] of Rug John _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ [D] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] Rug John, [Abm] _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ [F] Rug John, [Abm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] [Bb] Rug [F] John
Big _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Brother John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
Give him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ Rug John was a man he ate much more than anybody can
_ _ _ _ Give _ _ _ him a chicken and leave him alone five minutes later it will be gone
So I will tell you what I will do tell you a story to say it's true
So I will tell you a story to say it's true
You can eat it when you regrow Big Brother John he came right back
Ate the whole watermelon just like that
With his arm he looked so fine
To see anybody eat a melon that size
Rug John tell me I have to know
Tell me Rug John where did you go
Rug John said I was gone
I had a watermelon beside that home
So I figured I could [G] rehearse
I had to see if I could eat that one first
Rug John [C] [Bb] ate [Am] a whole [D] billy pig
[Bb] Rug John [C] _ [A] something right down [D] his throat
[A] Rug [Dm] John [C] _ [A] went and asked [D] Jesus
[Bb] Rug John [C] boy [A] [Ab] what's the matter with you [F] Rug John
[Fm] _ Rug [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ John
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ [Eb] _ Rug John [F] tell me now
[Bb] Ain't no one man [Fm] can eat a whole billy [Dm] though
I [Fm] mean [Ab] everyone's [F] small
[D] _
Rug [F] John [Eb] did you really eat that [Abm] about a dozen [F] pieces
Of those little dogs of [D] five acres of fields
[Dm] Yeah I ate [Eb] it I was a little [Ab] kid
And I washed it down with a twenty pound bottle of [Dm] K-Capsicum
[Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [Fm] [Ab] I ate [F] twenty pounds _ of it for the hunger
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _