Chords for American legends: T Model Ford
Tempo:
110.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Dm
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Gm] [D]
[Bb]
You know something?
I feel alright.
about nothing.
like a apple hanging on a tree.
[Bb] [B] [D]
[Dm]
[Bb]
You know something?
I feel alright.
about nothing.
like a apple hanging on a tree.
[Bb] [B] [D]
[Dm]
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D
G
Dm
A
Gm
D
G
Dm
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
You know something?
_ _ _ _ Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I feel alright.
I ain't worried about nothing.
_ _ _ _ _ I feel like a apple hanging on a tree.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] I won't hold my 44's so long
_ _ Till they make my shoulders [D] so long. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, we in [B] [G] Greenville, Mississippi now.
[C] _ But I was born [D] in Forest, Mississippi.
I'm _ _ _ 88 now. _ _
88 [C] years old.
They say I'm the [Dm] father [N] of 26 children.
Boys and [D] girls.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The blues give you the blues.
You want to be living across the ditch
[N] Behind a briar patch and you ain't got no shoes on.
_ You can't walk in on a briar's back with it.
_ And you take the blues then. _
You can't get where you want with that.
_ And that gives you the blues.
[Gm] But it don't give me any blues now.
It used to give me a little touch of it
Before I learned how to play guitar.
But now, blues don't worry me [A] at all.
_ [D] _ [Gm] Yes, I'm gonna get up [Dm] in the morning.
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] [G] I'm gonna head highway [D] 49. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] Oh, gonna get up in the morning. _
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna head highway _
_ [D] 49.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] _ Oh, turn [G] my watch.
_ _ I'm gonna sit on the [D] ground.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] I [G] was in _
_ [Gb] Traynham, Tennessee then.
Well, I [D] was in Humber.
_ But [G] I was a young man then.
_ I was [N] mean. _ _ _
_ Yeah.
I keep a good knife in my pocket right there.
_ I used to get that knife fast as _ _ you could pull a gun. _
That's what me and that guy had that run in on. _
I beat him cutting.
I killed him.
But he didn't make [Eb] no _ bad man out of me.
_ [N] I didn't want to do nothing to him.
_ _ He stabbed me in the back and he did.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then they gave me 10 years on the chain gang.
Woo, posh, good.
_ _ The chain gang made you good.
They gave me one whooping over there.
[A] _ [G]
They didn't have a whooping no more.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
T.
Myler Floyd, the latest man. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, it's me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
You know something?
_ _ _ _ Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I feel alright.
I ain't worried about nothing.
_ _ _ _ _ I feel like a apple hanging on a tree.
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] I won't hold my 44's so long
_ _ Till they make my shoulders [D] so long. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, we in [B] [G] Greenville, Mississippi now.
[C] _ But I was born [D] in Forest, Mississippi.
I'm _ _ _ 88 now. _ _
88 [C] years old.
They say I'm the [Dm] father [N] of 26 children.
Boys and [D] girls.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The blues give you the blues.
You want to be living across the ditch
[N] Behind a briar patch and you ain't got no shoes on.
_ You can't walk in on a briar's back with it.
_ And you take the blues then. _
You can't get where you want with that.
_ And that gives you the blues.
[Gm] But it don't give me any blues now.
It used to give me a little touch of it
Before I learned how to play guitar.
But now, blues don't worry me [A] at all.
_ [D] _ [Gm] Yes, I'm gonna get up [Dm] in the morning.
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] [G] I'm gonna head highway [D] 49. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] Oh, gonna get up in the morning. _
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna head highway _
_ [D] 49.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] _ Oh, turn [G] my watch.
_ _ I'm gonna sit on the [D] ground.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] I [G] was in _
_ [Gb] Traynham, Tennessee then.
Well, I [D] was in Humber.
_ But [G] I was a young man then.
_ I was [N] mean. _ _ _
_ Yeah.
I keep a good knife in my pocket right there.
_ I used to get that knife fast as _ _ you could pull a gun. _
That's what me and that guy had that run in on. _
I beat him cutting.
I killed him.
But he didn't make [Eb] no _ bad man out of me.
_ [N] I didn't want to do nothing to him.
_ _ He stabbed me in the back and he did.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then they gave me 10 years on the chain gang.
Woo, posh, good.
_ _ The chain gang made you good.
They gave me one whooping over there.
[A] _ [G]
They didn't have a whooping no more.
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G] _ [Dm] _ [D] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
T.
Myler Floyd, the latest man. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, it's me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _