King Of The Hill

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KING OF THE HILL
A D A
If you gonna be king of the hill
D A
You can't make it at the cotton mill
E A
If you gonna be king of the hill
E A
You can't make it at the cotton mill
E A
Get put on at the Harlan mine
D A D A
Be the last one out at quittin' time
E A
You already workin' when the whistle blew
E A
Never complain about a job to do
E A
When they say who can, you say I will
D A
If you ever gonna be king of the hill
A D A
If you gonna be king of the hill
D A
You can't make it at the cotton mill
E A
You need a good woman to share your bed
E A
To keep you loved and to keep you fed
E A
To help you to face another day
D A D A
To get you up and on your way
E A
Where the golden rule don't rule out true
E A
You do to them before they do to you
E A
Watch out for yourself or nobody will
D A
If you ever gonna be king of the hill
A D A
If you gonna be king of the hill
D A
You can't make it at the cotton mill
E A
Saturday night you go to Harlan town
E A
You shoot some pool and you fool around
E A
You watch the girls and you drink bootleg
D A
Get starved to death before you beg
E A
You trust in luck till your luck is gone
E A
Then jump right in and you hang right on
E A
There may be times you would have to kill
D A
If you ever gonna be king of the hill
A D A
If you gonna be king of the hill
D A
You can't make it at the cotton mill
E A
When the last of the coals out of every vein
E A
Had long been gone on the northbound train
E A
Walk up to the top and if you're standing still
D A
You can call yourself king of the hill
E A
But if you fall like a lot have done
E A
By accident or knife or gun
D A E A
When they lay you high on the mountain still
D A
You can call yourself king of the hill
A D A
If you gonna be king of the hill
D A
You can't make it at the cotton mill

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KING OF THE HILL

King Of The Hill Chords by Johnny Cash

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