Leon Mcduff Chords by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I'm asking you to be the judge [D] of when enough is [G] enough.
[Em]
Now Leon McDuff has [C] worked on his daddy's farm every day since [D] the day that he [Em] was born.
Plowing in the [C] field and [Em] hoeing in the garden, [C] and helping [D] to pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
[G] Then came a time [Em] of Mississippi floods [G] when all [C] of his work went [D] down the drain.
His [Em] land was parched by sun, [C] blown by the wind, finally [D] washed away by [Em] the rain.
So Leon went to his friends trying [C] to get help [Em] for them, but [C] their crops and [D] their money [Em] all were gone.
So Leon went to the bank [C] trying to mortgage his [Em] home, but [C] the banks [D] would give [Em] Leon a loan.
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family could [G] survive with no crop and no money [D] to buy food.
And [Em] as he struggled with his hands [C] trying to rework his land, a notice came and [D] said your land tax is [G] due.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G]
McDuff.
[Em]
In an air conditioned office [C] on the other side of [Em] town there sat a [C] government [D] official with a [Em]
frown.
Seems he'd been trying all week long [C] to find land to build a summer home, but cheap [D] river land could not be [Em] found.
[G] Hidden in the middle of his gloom, [Em] his boss walked in the room and he said [G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you've planned.
See [Em] there's a farmer who's so poor [C] and whose luck has gone so sour, he'll never [D] pay the taxes [Em] on his land.
So you just wait a week or two until the money's overdue, and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
Hold this deed in your hand and [C] pay the taxes on his land and have the sheriff [D] give Leon [Em] McDuff a call.
[G] And you can tell Leon to move [Em] by the last day of July, [G] cause his taxes [C] on his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [Em] he's gotta move away, [C] cause his taxes were [Em] not paid, [Am] and then all that [D] river land [G] belongs to you.
[Em]
Same air conditioned office in [C] about a week or two, here comes the sheriff saying [D] I've got bad [Em] news.
That old Leon McDuff knows [C] he's had bad [Em] luck, he says he'll [C] try to get the money [D] but he won't [Em] move.
Well [G] that bureaucrat jumped up and [Em] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] says we're going [Am] out and take his [D] land today.
And [Em] so he and the sheriff drove [C] on out to Leon's [Em] farm, tell them [E] McDuff's to [Em] move away.
There stood Leon on his land with a [C] shotgun [Em] in his hand, his [C] eyes, they were [D] narrow beneath the brim [Em] of his hat.
He said I've worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and [Em] as a man and I [C] lose it now to [D] no damn [Em]
bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad and he [Em] grabbed a gun in Leon's hand and [G] in a struggling [C] explosion [D] cracked the air.
[Em] And when the smoke and dust had cleared [C] and the ringing left [Em] their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] he lay dying [Em] on the ground.
[C] The sheriff he [D] lay dying [Em] on the ground.
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D] [Em]
Now on this table I will lay this [C] hair gun, [Em] exhibit A, [C] and there's two sets of [D] fingerprints that you [Em] can't even see.
Other hands were here, [C] none perceived or [Em] eye to ear to help trigger [A] off this [Em] morbid tragedy.
And now to me it's still unclear what really caused the problem here, [G] there's just too much [C] you got to know [D] before you know enough.
And [Em] though we can't find out today, [C] I swear on the [G] future delay, [C] it shouldn't [D] be on [G] Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for [D] the life of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough is [C] enough.
Stick [Em] about enough.
[N]
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I'm asking you to be the judge [D] of when enough is [G] enough.
[Em]
Now Leon McDuff has [C] worked on his daddy's farm every day since [D] the day that he [Em] was born.
Plowing in the [C] field and [Em] hoeing in the garden, [C] and helping [D] to pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
[G] Then came a time [Em] of Mississippi floods [G] when all [C] of his work went [D] down the drain.
His [Em] land was parched by sun, [C] blown by the wind, finally [D] washed away by [Em] the rain.
So Leon went to his friends trying [C] to get help [Em] for them, but [C] their crops and [D] their money [Em] all were gone.
So Leon went to the bank [C] trying to mortgage his [Em] home, but [C] the banks [D] would give [Em] Leon a loan.
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family could [G] survive with no crop and no money [D] to buy food.
And [Em] as he struggled with his hands [C] trying to rework his land, a notice came and [D] said your land tax is [G] due.
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G]
McDuff.
[Em]
In an air conditioned office [C] on the other side of [Em] town there sat a [C] government [D] official with a [Em]
frown.
Seems he'd been trying all week long [C] to find land to build a summer home, but cheap [D] river land could not be [Em] found.
[G] Hidden in the middle of his gloom, [Em] his boss walked in the room and he said [G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you've planned.
See [Em] there's a farmer who's so poor [C] and whose luck has gone so sour, he'll never [D] pay the taxes [Em] on his land.
So you just wait a week or two until the money's overdue, and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
Hold this deed in your hand and [C] pay the taxes on his land and have the sheriff [D] give Leon [Em] McDuff a call.
[G] And you can tell Leon to move [Em] by the last day of July, [G] cause his taxes [C] on his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [Em] he's gotta move away, [C] cause his taxes were [Em] not paid, [Am] and then all that [D] river land [G] belongs to you.
[Em]
Same air conditioned office in [C] about a week or two, here comes the sheriff saying [D] I've got bad [Em] news.
That old Leon McDuff knows [C] he's had bad [Em] luck, he says he'll [C] try to get the money [D] but he won't [Em] move.
Well [G] that bureaucrat jumped up and [Em] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] says we're going [Am] out and take his [D] land today.
And [Em] so he and the sheriff drove [C] on out to Leon's [Em] farm, tell them [E] McDuff's to [Em] move away.
There stood Leon on his land with a [C] shotgun [Em] in his hand, his [C] eyes, they were [D] narrow beneath the brim [Em] of his hat.
He said I've worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and [Em] as a man and I [C] lose it now to [D] no damn [Em]
bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad and he [Em] grabbed a gun in Leon's hand and [G] in a struggling [C] explosion [D] cracked the air.
[Em] And when the smoke and dust had cleared [C] and the ringing left [Em] their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] he lay dying [Em] on the ground.
[C] The sheriff he [D] lay dying [Em] on the ground.
[C] [D] [Em]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [Em]
[Am] [D] [Em]
Now on this table I will lay this [C] hair gun, [Em] exhibit A, [C] and there's two sets of [D] fingerprints that you [Em] can't even see.
Other hands were here, [C] none perceived or [Em] eye to ear to help trigger [A] off this [Em] morbid tragedy.
And now to me it's still unclear what really caused the problem here, [G] there's just too much [C] you got to know [D] before you know enough.
And [Em] though we can't find out today, [C] I swear on the [G] future delay, [C] it shouldn't [D] be on [G] Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for [D] the life of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough is [C] enough.
Stick [Em] about enough.
[N]
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[G] Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I'm asking you to be the judge [D] of when enough is [G] enough.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now Leon McDuff has [C] worked on his daddy's farm every day since [D] the day that he [Em] was born.
_ _ Plowing in the [C] field and [Em] hoeing in the garden, [C] and helping [D] to pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
_ _ [G] Then came a time [Em] of Mississippi floods [G] when all [C] of his work went [D] down the drain.
His [Em] land was parched by sun, [C] blown by the wind, finally [D] washed away by [Em] the rain.
So Leon went to his friends trying [C] to get help [Em] for them, but [C] their crops and [D] their money [Em] all were gone. _
So Leon went to the bank [C] trying to mortgage his [Em] home, but [C] the banks [D] would give [Em] Leon a loan. _
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family could [G] survive with no crop and no money [D] to buy food.
And [Em] as he struggled with his hands [C] trying to rework his land, a notice came and [D] said your land tax is [G] due. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G]
McDuff.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In an air conditioned office [C] on the other side of [Em] town there sat a [C] government [D] official with a [Em] _
_ frown.
Seems he'd been trying all week long [C] to find land to build a summer home, but cheap [D] river land could not be [Em] found.
_ [G] Hidden in the middle of his gloom, [Em] his boss walked in the room and he said [G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you've planned.
See [Em] there's a farmer who's so poor [C] and whose luck has gone so sour, he'll never [D] pay the taxes [Em] on his land.
So you just wait a week or two until the money's overdue, and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
Hold this deed in your hand and [C] pay the taxes on his land and have the sheriff [D] give Leon [Em] McDuff a call.
[G] And you can tell Leon to move [Em] by the last day of July, [G] cause his taxes [C] on his land are [D] overdue.
_ Tell him [Em] he's gotta move away, [C] cause his taxes were [Em] not paid, [Am] and then all that [D] river land [G] belongs to you.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Same air conditioned office in [C] about a week or two, here comes the sheriff saying [D] I've got bad [Em] news.
_ That old Leon McDuff knows [C] he's had bad [Em] luck, he says he'll [C] try to get the money [D] but he won't [Em] move.
_ Well [G] that bureaucrat jumped up and [Em] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] says we're going [Am] out and take his [D] land today.
And [Em] so he and the sheriff drove [C] on out to Leon's [Em] farm, tell them [E] McDuff's to [Em] move away.
There stood Leon on his land with a [C] shotgun [Em] in his hand, his [C] eyes, they were [D] narrow beneath the brim [Em] of his hat.
He said I've worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and [Em] as a man and I [C] lose it now to [D] no damn [Em]
bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad and he [Em] grabbed a gun in Leon's hand and [G] in a struggling [C] explosion [D] cracked the air.
[Em] And when the smoke and dust had cleared [C] and the ringing left [Em] their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] he lay dying [Em] on the ground.
_ [C] The sheriff he [D] lay dying [Em] on the ground.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ Now on this table I will lay this [C] hair gun, [Em] exhibit A, [C] and there's two sets of [D] fingerprints that you [Em] can't even see.
_ _ Other hands were here, [C] none perceived or [Em] eye to ear to help trigger [A] off this [Em] morbid tragedy.
And now to me it's still unclear what really caused the problem here, [G] there's just too much [C] you got to know [D] before you know enough.
And [Em] though we can't find out today, [C] I swear on the [G] future delay, [C] it shouldn't [D] be on [G] Leon McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for [D] the life of Leon [G] McDuff. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough _ _ is _ _ [C] _ enough. _ _
_ Stick [Em] about enough. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I'm asking you to be the judge [D] of when enough is [G] enough.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Now Leon McDuff has [C] worked on his daddy's farm every day since [D] the day that he [Em] was born.
_ _ Plowing in the [C] field and [Em] hoeing in the garden, [C] and helping [D] to pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
_ _ [G] Then came a time [Em] of Mississippi floods [G] when all [C] of his work went [D] down the drain.
His [Em] land was parched by sun, [C] blown by the wind, finally [D] washed away by [Em] the rain.
So Leon went to his friends trying [C] to get help [Em] for them, but [C] their crops and [D] their money [Em] all were gone. _
So Leon went to the bank [C] trying to mortgage his [Em] home, but [C] the banks [D] would give [Em] Leon a loan. _
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family could [G] survive with no crop and no money [D] to buy food.
And [Em] as he struggled with his hands [C] trying to rework his land, a notice came and [D] said your land tax is [G] due. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the Jewelry, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G]
McDuff.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In an air conditioned office [C] on the other side of [Em] town there sat a [C] government [D] official with a [Em] _
_ frown.
Seems he'd been trying all week long [C] to find land to build a summer home, but cheap [D] river land could not be [Em] found.
_ [G] Hidden in the middle of his gloom, [Em] his boss walked in the room and he said [G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you've planned.
See [Em] there's a farmer who's so poor [C] and whose luck has gone so sour, he'll never [D] pay the taxes [Em] on his land.
So you just wait a week or two until the money's overdue, and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
Hold this deed in your hand and [C] pay the taxes on his land and have the sheriff [D] give Leon [Em] McDuff a call.
[G] And you can tell Leon to move [Em] by the last day of July, [G] cause his taxes [C] on his land are [D] overdue.
_ Tell him [Em] he's gotta move away, [C] cause his taxes were [Em] not paid, [Am] and then all that [D] river land [G] belongs to you.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Same air conditioned office in [C] about a week or two, here comes the sheriff saying [D] I've got bad [Em] news.
_ That old Leon McDuff knows [C] he's had bad [Em] luck, he says he'll [C] try to get the money [D] but he won't [Em] move.
_ Well [G] that bureaucrat jumped up and [Em] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] says we're going [Am] out and take his [D] land today.
And [Em] so he and the sheriff drove [C] on out to Leon's [Em] farm, tell them [E] McDuff's to [Em] move away.
There stood Leon on his land with a [C] shotgun [Em] in his hand, his [C] eyes, they were [D] narrow beneath the brim [Em] of his hat.
He said I've worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and [Em] as a man and I [C] lose it now to [D] no damn [Em]
bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad and he [Em] grabbed a gun in Leon's hand and [G] in a struggling [C] explosion [D] cracked the air.
[Em] And when the smoke and dust had cleared [C] and the ringing left [Em] their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] he lay dying [Em] on the ground.
_ [C] The sheriff he [D] lay dying [Em] on the ground.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _
_ _ Now on this table I will lay this [C] hair gun, [Em] exhibit A, [C] and there's two sets of [D] fingerprints that you [Em] can't even see.
_ _ Other hands were here, [C] none perceived or [Em] eye to ear to help trigger [A] off this [Em] morbid tragedy.
And now to me it's still unclear what really caused the problem here, [G] there's just too much [C] you got to know [D] before you know enough.
And [Em] though we can't find out today, [C] I swear on the [G] future delay, [C] it shouldn't [D] be on [G] Leon McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for [D] the life of Leon [G] McDuff. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough _ _ is _ _ [C] _ enough. _ _
_ Stick [Em] about enough. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _