Chords for Brook Benton -- The Boll Weevil Song
Tempo:
134.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
not know, but a boll weevil is an insect, and it's found mostly where cotton grows.
they come from, nobody really knows.
this is the way the story goes.
boll weevil, I see your home square.
said to the farmer, say, yep, my whole darn family's here.
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Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
not know, but a boll weevil is an insect, and it's found mostly where cotton grows.
they come from, nobody really knows.
this is the way the story goes.
boll weevil, I see your home square.
said to the farmer, say, yep, my whole darn family's here.
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_ _ _ _ Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
_ _ _ Now some of you may not know, _ _ _ but a boll weevil is an insect, _ _ and it's found mostly where cotton grows.
_ _ _ _ Now where they come from, _ _ _ _ nobody really knows.
_ _ _ _ But this is the way _ the _ _ story goes.
_ _ _ Farmer said to the boll weevil, _ _ _ I see your home square.
_ _ _ Boll weevil said to the farmer, say, yep, my whole darn family's here.
We gotta [C] have a home, _ _ _ _ gotta [F] have a home. _
_ _ _ _ _ The farmer said to the boll weevil, _ say, why'd you pick my farm?
_ _ _ The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said, _ we ain't gonna do you much harm.
You're looking [C] for a _ home.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil spotted him a lightning bug.
He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you.
_ Because you see, if I was a lightning bug, _ I'd search the whole night through.
_ [C] Searching for a home.
_ _ I'll have [F] me plenty of home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil called the farmer.
He said, you better sell your old machines.
_ _ Because when I'm through with your cotton, _ _ you can't even buy gasoline.
I'm gonna take [C] me home.
_ _ _ Gotta [F] have a home. _
_ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil said to the farmer, say, farmer, I'd like to wish you well.
_ _ The farmer said to the boll weevil, _ _ yeah, I wish that you win.
_ Looking [C] for a home, _ _ _ _ looking [F] for a home. _
_ _ Ah, you'll [C] have a home, _ _ _ _ you'll [F] have a home, _ _ _ real [C] hot home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
_ _ _ Now some of you may not know, _ _ _ but a boll weevil is an insect, _ _ and it's found mostly where cotton grows.
_ _ _ _ Now where they come from, _ _ _ _ nobody really knows.
_ _ _ _ But this is the way _ the _ _ story goes.
_ _ _ Farmer said to the boll weevil, _ _ _ I see your home square.
_ _ _ Boll weevil said to the farmer, say, yep, my whole darn family's here.
We gotta [C] have a home, _ _ _ _ gotta [F] have a home. _
_ _ _ _ _ The farmer said to the boll weevil, _ say, why'd you pick my farm?
_ _ _ The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said, _ we ain't gonna do you much harm.
You're looking [C] for a _ home.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil spotted him a lightning bug.
He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you.
_ Because you see, if I was a lightning bug, _ I'd search the whole night through.
_ [C] Searching for a home.
_ _ I'll have [F] me plenty of home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil called the farmer.
He said, you better sell your old machines.
_ _ Because when I'm through with your cotton, _ _ you can't even buy gasoline.
I'm gonna take [C] me home.
_ _ _ Gotta [F] have a home. _
_ _ _ _ _ And the boll weevil said to the farmer, say, farmer, I'd like to wish you well.
_ _ The farmer said to the boll weevil, _ _ yeah, I wish that you win.
_ Looking [C] for a home, _ _ _ _ looking [F] for a home. _
_ _ Ah, you'll [C] have a home, _ _ _ _ you'll [F] have a home, _ _ _ real [C] hot home. _
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