Chords for Jimmy Brown the Newsboy - Flatt and Scruggs
Tempo:
94.9 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Brown, the news boy.
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[D] I'm a man of faith sir, my name is [G] Jimmy Brown.
I'm old, but cold and hungry sir, my [E] clothes is [D] mighty thin.
Wondering about some place to place my daily bread [G] to eat.
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My father died a drunkard sir, as my [D] mother said.
I am helping mother sir, to journey on [G] my way.
My mother always tells me sir, nothing in the [D] world can move.
I'll get a place in heaven sir, to sell the [G] gospel news.
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I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown.
Everybody knows that I'm a news boy.
[G] [Em] [G] You can hear me yelling morning star, running along [D] the street.
Got no hat up on my head, no shoes up [G] on my feet.
Jimmy Brown, [Dm] the news boy.
Now let's visit the Martha White kitchen and [Ab] see something that I recommend for Nicknack.
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[D] I'm a man of faith sir, my name is [G] Jimmy Brown.
I'm old, but cold and hungry sir, my [E] clothes is [D] mighty thin.
Wondering about some place to place my daily bread [G] to eat.
[D]
[G]
My father died a drunkard sir, as my [D] mother said.
I am helping mother sir, to journey on [G] my way.
My mother always tells me sir, nothing in the [D] world can move.
I'll get a place in heaven sir, to sell the [G] gospel news.
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I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown.
Everybody knows that I'm a news boy.
[G] [Em] [G] You can hear me yelling morning star, running along [D] the street.
Got no hat up on my head, no shoes up [G] on my feet.
Jimmy Brown, [Dm] the news boy.
Now let's visit the Martha White kitchen and [Ab] see something that I recommend for Nicknack.
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_ _ [G] Brown, the news boy.
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[D] _ _ _ I'm a man of faith sir, my name is [G] Jimmy Brown.
_ _ I'm old, but cold and hungry sir, my [E] clothes is [D] mighty thin.
_ Wondering about some place to place my daily bread [G] to eat. _ _ _ _
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_ My father died a drunkard sir, as my [D] mother said.
_ I am helping mother sir, to journey on [G] my way.
_ My mother always tells me sir, nothing in the [D] world can move.
I'll get a place in heaven sir, to sell the [G] gospel news. _ _ _ _
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_ I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown.
_ Everybody knows that I'm a news boy.
[G] _ [Em] _ [G] _ You can hear me yelling morning star, running along [D] the street.
Got no hat up on my head, no shoes up [G] on my feet. _
_ _ _ Jimmy Brown, [Dm] the news boy.
Now let's visit the Martha White kitchen and [Ab] see something that I recommend for Nicknack. _
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[D] _ _ _ I'm a man of faith sir, my name is [G] Jimmy Brown.
_ _ I'm old, but cold and hungry sir, my [E] clothes is [D] mighty thin.
_ Wondering about some place to place my daily bread [G] to eat. _ _ _ _
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_ My father died a drunkard sir, as my [D] mother said.
_ I am helping mother sir, to journey on [G] my way.
_ My mother always tells me sir, nothing in the [D] world can move.
I'll get a place in heaven sir, to sell the [G] gospel news. _ _ _ _
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_ I sell the morning paper sir, my name is Jimmy [D] Brown.
_ Everybody knows that I'm a news boy.
[G] _ [Em] _ [G] _ You can hear me yelling morning star, running along [D] the street.
Got no hat up on my head, no shoes up [G] on my feet. _
_ _ _ Jimmy Brown, [Dm] the news boy.
Now let's visit the Martha White kitchen and [Ab] see something that I recommend for Nicknack. _