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Whiskey Myers - MUD
D  G  D  G  D
DOh  Lord  won't you let me stay in the place where I was born?
DIn the fields Granddaddy tilled and all my seeds are sown
GAin't no love for a poor dirt farmer  Fgenuine son of the south
And the water's Dhigh and the bills are too and the Dlevy tumbling down
   FDaddy owed the Gbanker man
FSo  we was drowning before the Gflood
FThat river washed us all Gaway
FLeft us right here in the Gmud
DYeaGh  Din Gthe mud
DWe built this house upon the GMississippi Dback in 187D9
DOver a hundred years my Gfamily's been here Dbarely scraping Gby
DWe just some good old country folks just trying to weather the G
storm
DHow we gonna pay when the interest rates done got higher than the
corn?
FAin't no man gonna Gtake it away
F'Cause it's deep down in my Gblood
  FStep across that old Gproperty line
 FAnd you'll die
Right here in the Gmud...
D  G  D
Yeah  in the mudG  
[Solo]
  D    Gx5
D  G  F  D  D  A  D  A
D  A  D  F  G
[Verse]
DWho's this Fcreeping through the sticks
GLet me talk at 'em with my Fthirty ought six
A couple Dcity guys with Fsuits and ties
Bet they Gcan't feel this crosshair right between their eyes
I got Dno place to go and Fno place to run
Just a Gdirt farmer's boy with his Granddaddy's gun
DStep across that line  FI'm gonna tell you  son
GWe're all gonna die right here in the Dmud G  D  
   GYeah  in the DmudG  D  G  
[Outro]
D  G  D  G  D     G
D  G  D     G     E    D

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Mud

by Whiskey Myers

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Whiskey Myers - MUD

D G D G D

Oh Lord won't you let me stay in the place where I was born?

In the fields Granddaddy tilled and all my seeds are sown

G F

Ain't no love for a poor dirt farmer genuine son of the south

D D

And the water's high and the bills are too and the levy tumbling down

F G

Daddy owed the banker man

F G

So we was drowning before the flood

F G

That river washed us all away

F G

Left us right here in the mud

D G D G

Yeah in the mud

D G D D

We built this house upon the Mississippi back in 1879

D G D G

Over a hundred years my family's been here barely scraping by

We just some good old country folks just trying to weather the G

storm

How we gonna pay when the interest rates done got higher than the

corn?

F G

Ain't no man gonna take it away

F G

'Cause it's deep down in my blood

F G

Step across that old property line

And you'll die

Right here in the mud...

D G D

Yeah in the mud

[Solo]

D G

D G F D D A D A

D A D F G

[Verse]

D F

Who's this creeping through the sticks

G F

Let me talk at 'em with my thirty ought six

D F

A couple city guys with suits and ties

Bet they can't feel this crosshair right between their eyes

D F

I got no place to go and no place to run

Just a dirt farmer's boy with his Granddaddy's gun

D F

Step across that line I'm gonna tell you son

G D G D

We're all gonna die right here in the mud

G D G D G

Yeah in the mud

[Outro]

D G D G D G

D G D G E D

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