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Fmaj7
E:0
B:1
G:2
D:3
A:x
E:x
(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.) 
In Knox GCounty noCadd9body was Gfamous
Just a Gmap dot that Cadd9people passed Gthrough
EveryGbody grew Cadd9Corn and tGomatoes, yeah
           G           D  G(Begin strum pattern. I use D-DU-UDU.)
At least as far as we knew
Old man GBeckett on Cadd9200    Gacres
From Gsunup till Cadd9sundown he Gworked
GJust like the Cadd9rest of our neigGhbors 
He Gseemed like the Dsalt of the Gearth
But we Call knew Fmaj7something was Cdifferent
When the Gmarket hit bottom that Dyear
While the Grest of the Cadd9county was Gstarvin'
He Embrought home a Dbrand new John GDeere
Well Gthat rumor Cadd9mill started Gchurning
GDown at the Cadd9Lucky Dog GCafe
And it Gspread thru our Cadd9Church ConGgregation
When Ghe threw a Dgrand in the Gplate
Had his Clotto Fmaj7numbers gone Clucky
Or Gdid some rich relative Ddie
Where on GGod's earth did Cadd9he get the moneGy
To Ginstall that DJacuzzi Goutside
Key Change to A
[Bridge]
One Anight after fishin with all of the fellas 
ACuriosity got the best of F#mus.
So we Acrept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
To Asee what the truth really F#mwas
Till we were Estopped by a Dshot from his Agun, run
We Ascattered in Devery diArection
AGrateful to Dget out aAlive
What Ahappened that Dnight was never Amentioned
Till the Aday Ethey aArrived
With DheliGcopters and Dsquad cars
They comApletely surrounded his Eplace
They Acut down Dall of his Acash crops
I can F#mstill see the Eshame on his Aface
As they Dhauled him aGway in those Dhandcuffs
For Agrowin' what he shouldn't Egrow
He said "ACareful kidDs one day you'll Aend up
F#mReapin' the Eseeds that you Asew
(Strum once for the last verse)
In Knox ACounty noDbody was Afamous
Just a Amap dot that Dpeople passed Athrough
EveryAbody grew Dcorn and Atomatoes, yeah
At Aleast as Efar as we Aknew

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Becketts Back Forty

by Rio Grand

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Cadd9

F#m

Fmaj7

(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 D

(Begin strum pattern. I use -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]

One night after fishin with all of the fellas

A F#m

Curiosity got the best of us.

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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