George Gudgers Overalls - Doc Watson Chords
Chords: C, F, G, C7, D7, A7, D, Em7
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From the album "Portrait"
[Intro]
C F C G C
[Verse 1]
C C7 F G
As I walked out one mornin' in the Alabama chill,
F C G
I saw some old friends hangin' from a tree on Hobie's Hill.
F C F
By their tattered legs they dangled drippin' down along the spine.
F C F G C
It was old George Gudger's overalls a-drying on the line.
[Verse 2]
C C7 F G
George Gudger, he's an honest cuss, and he loves to work his land.
F C G
And I'd long admired his overalls that I held there in my hand.
F C F
My brand new pair was stiffer than a starched-up Sunday suit.
F C F G C
But his could walk around by their selves and plow the corn to boot!
[Bridge]
D7 G A7
Now the knees looked almost bloody from the red Hale County clay.
D G Em7 A7
George Gudger's debts and prayers had kept him kneelin' down all day.
F C C7 F
Old George owes me money, but I owe him my respect.
F C F G C
And if his overalls will fit me, Boys, I'll forget about his debt.
[Instrumental]
C F C G C
[Verse 3 ]
C C7 F G
I stepped in to them big old legs like fallin' down a mine.
F C G
Then I heard a ragged chuckle, and there stood old George behind.
F C F
A smile of old tobacco juice just tricklin' down his chin.
F C F G C
He says, "You might as well try walkin' round in someone else's skin
[Verse 4]
C C7 F
"But son, if you like them old friends of mine so much, I guess I can let 'em
G
go
F C G
Had to lend 'em to me wife last year, while she's carry'n Little Joe.
F C C7 F
She bent down in the fields one day and split that tired old seam
F C F G C
And now she gone and beat 'em half to death on that rock there by the stream'
[Bridge]
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