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Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson Chords

Chords: Born, About, Ago, Doc, D7, D7/E, D7/F#, G, D7,, E

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Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson

From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson"

Fill1 for end of first line of verses:

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-0-2-0-----|
A|-------2---|
E|---------3-|

Fill2 for end of first line of chorus:

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--0-0-2-0-------|
A|----------3-2-0-|
E|----------------|

The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this

song its

character play them as a single bass note- for example
D7 D7/E D7/F# G strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G

[Introduction]
G A7 D7 G

[Verse 1]
G C G
I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so

[Verse 2]
G G/A G/B C G
I saw Noah when he built that famous ark [ Fill1 ]

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