Born About Six Thousand Years Ago Doc Watson
[G] [A7] [D7] [G]
[#1]G C G [ Fill1 ]
I was born about six thousand years ago
[G]They ain't nothin' [G/B]in [G/Bb]this [A7]world that [A7/B]I [A7/C#]don't [D7]know
I saw [G]Old King Pharaoh's d[G7]aughter [G7/A]find [G7/B]Lit -[C]tle Moses [C/B]on [C/Bb]the [A7]water
And I can [D7]whip the man that says it [D7/E]is - [D7/F#]n't [G]so
G G/A G/B C G [ Fill1 ]
I saw Noah when he built that famous ark
[G]I slipped into it [G/B]one [G/Bb] [A7]night when [A7/B]it [A7/C#]got [D7]dark[D7/C] [D7/B]
[D7/A]I saw [G]Jonah swallowed by t[G7]he whale,[G7/A] [G7/B] [C]and I pulled the [C/B]li - [C/Bb]on's [A7]tail
I can [D7]whip the man that says it [D7/E]is - [D7/F#]n't [G]so
Chorus:
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 [ Fill2 ]
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan
Well, I've [G]been on earth so [G7]long, [G7/A]and [G7/B]I [C]used to sing a [C/B]lit [C/Bb]-tle [A7]song
While [D7]all of them old timers [D7/E]took [D7/F#]their [G]stand
Instrumental Break - as intro:
[G] [A7] [D7] [G]
[#3]
[G]Queen Elizabeth fell [C]dead in love with [G]me, (hee, hee, she did)
[G]We was married in [A7]Mil-wauk-ee [A7/B]sec- [A7/C#]ret - [D7]ly
Then I [G]took her out and [G7]shook her, [G7/A]and [G7/B]I [C]went with [C/B]Gene[C/Bb]ral [A7]Hooker
To [D7]fight mosquitoes down in [D7/E]Tenn-[D7/F#]ess- [G]ee.
[#4]
[G]I taught Solomon his [C]little A B [G]C's (smart feller)
[G]And through all his books, [G/Bb]I t[A7]utored him with [D7]ease
Then I[G] sailed out on the b[G7]ay [G7/A]with [G/B]Meth[C]use[C/B]lah [C/Bb]one [A7]day
And I [D7]played with his flowing whiskers [D7/E]in [D7/F#]the [G]breeze
Chorus:
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 [ Fill2 ]
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan
Well, I've [G]been on earth so [G7]long, [G7/A]and [G7/B]I [C]used to sing a [C/B]lit [C/Bb]-tle [A7]song
While [D7]all of them old timers [D7/E]took [D7/F#]their [G]stand
Instrumental Break - as intro:
[G] [A7] [D7] [G]
[#5]
[G]I seen old Satan when he [C]searched that Garden [G]o'er, (old bugger)
[G]Saw Adam and Eve d[A7]riven from t[A7/B]he d[D7]oor
When th[G]e apples they wer[G7]e eating, f[G/A]rom [G/B]the [C]bushes I w[C/B]as a[C/Bb]-peep[A7]ing
I c[D7]an prove it for I'm the man that [D7/E]ate [D7/F#]the [G]core
[#6]G C G [ Fill ]
I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade
[G]And I know the game [G/B]was [A7]poker that they [D7]played
I was h[G]id behind the shr[G7]ub when he [G/A]slap[G/B]ped [C]him [C/B]with [C/Bb]that [A7]club
Poo[D7]r old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and [D7/E]now [D7/F#]he's [G]dead
Chorus:
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 [ Fill2 ]
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan
Well, I've [G]been on earth so [G7]long, [G7/A]and [G7/B]I [C]used to sing a [C/B]lit [C/Bb]-tle [A7]song
While [D7]all of them old timers [D7/E]took [D7/F#]their [G]stand
Outro:
[D7] [G]
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