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Becketts Back Forty by Rio Grand
Becketts Back Forty
Fmaj7
E:0
B:1
G:2
D:3
A:x
E:x
(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.)
G Cadd9 G
In Knox County nobody was famous
G Cadd9 G
Just a map dot that people passed through
G Cadd9 G
Everybody grew Corn and tomatoes, yeah
G D G(Begin strum pattern. I use D-DU-UDU.)
At least as far as we knew
G Cadd9 G
Old man Beckett on 200 acres
G Cadd9 G
From sunup till sundown he worked
G Cadd9 G
Just like the rest of our neighbors
G D G
He seemed like the salt of the earth
C Fmaj7 C
But we all knew something was different
G D
When the market hit bottom that year
G Cadd9 G
While the rest of the county was starvin'
Em D G
He brought home a brand new John Deere
G Cadd9 G
Well that rumor mill started churning
G Cadd9 G
Down at the Lucky Dog Cafe
G Cadd9 G
And it spread thru our Church Congregation
G D G
When he threw a grand in the plate
C Fmaj7 C
Had his lotto numbers gone lucky
G D
Or did some rich relative die
G Cadd9 G
Where on God's earth did he get the money
G D G
To install that Jacuzzi outside
Key Change to A
Bridge:
A
One night after fishin with all of the fellas
A F#m
Curiosity got the best of us.
A
So we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
A F#m
To see what the truth really was
E D A
Till we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run
A D A
We scattered in every direction
A D A
Grateful to get out alive
A D A
What happened that night was never mentioned
A E A
Till the day they arrived
D G D
With helicopters and squad cars
A E
They completely surrounded his place
A D A
They cut down all of his cash crops
F#m E A
I can still see the shame on his face
D G D
As they hauled him away in those handcuffs
A E
For growin' what he shouldn't grow
A D A
He said "Careful kids one day you'll end up
F#m E A
Reapin' the seeds that you sew
(Strum once for the last verse)
A D A
In Knox County nobody was famous
A D A
Just a map dot that people passed through
A D A
Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah
A E A
At least as far as we knew
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