{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1806881,"song":"Born About Six Thousand Years Ago","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398326-born-about-six-thousand-years-ago-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1806881?type=chord","rating":4.83701,"votes":4,"content":"Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson\r\n\r\nFrom the 1964 album - \"Doc Watson\"\r\n\r\nFill1 for end of first line of verses:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------|\r\nB|-----------|\r\nG|-----------|\r\nD|-0-2-0-----|\r\nA|-------2---|\r\nE|---------3-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Fill2 for end of first line of chorus:\r\ne|----------------|\r\nB|----------------|\r\nG|----------------|\r\nD|--0-0-2-0-------|\r\nA|----------3-2-0-|\r\nE|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its \r\ncharacter play them as a single bass note- for example\r\n\r\nD7  D7/E D7/F# G   strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G\r\n\r\n[Introduction]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ][/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]A7/B[/ch] [ch]A7/C#[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]        \r\nThey ain't nothin' in  this world that I    don't   know[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on  the  water[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nAnd I can whip the man that says it is - n't   so[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI saw Noah when he  built that famous ark [ Fill1 ][/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]A7/B[/ch] [ch]A7/C#[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D7/C[/ch] [ch]D7/B[/ch]     \r\nI slipped into it one      night when it   got   dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7/A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI saw Jonah swallowed by the whale,          and I pulled the li - on's tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI can whip the man that says it   is - n't   so[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\nI'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan  [ Fill2 ][/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, I've been on earth so long, and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile all of them old timers took their stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nQueen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]A7/B[/ch] [ch]A7/C#[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\nWe was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen I took her out and shook her, and  I    went with General  Hooker[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                       [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess-  ee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\nAnd through all his books, I   tutored him with ease[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one  day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I played with his flowing whiskers in   the   breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]     \r\nI'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ][/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, I've been on earth so long, and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile all of them old timers took their stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]A7/B[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]   \r\nSaw Adam and Eve driven from the   door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G/A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhen the apples they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nI can prove it for I'm  the man that ate  the   core[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade  [ Fill1 ][/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I know the game was poker that they played[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]G/A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                                   [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPoor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now  he's  dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]G/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]    \r\nI'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan  [ Fill2 ][/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]G7/A[/ch] [ch]G7/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell, I've been on earth so long, and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]D7/E[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile all of them old timers took their stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson\n\nFrom the 1964 album - \"Doc Watson\"\n\nFill1 for end of first line of verses:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its \ncharacter play them as a single bass note- for example\n\nD7  D7/E D7/F# G   strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G\n\n[Introduction]\n\nG  A7  D7  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG  A7  D7  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG A7  D7  G\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nD7  G","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","D7","D7/E","D7/F","F","A7","C","G/B","G/Bb","A7/B","A7/C#","G7","G7/A","G7/B","C/B","C/Bb","D7/F#","G/A","D7/C","D7/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}