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Band site: http://riogrand.net/ Please e-mail me at St.samples@yahoo.com with any mistakes/suggestions. (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(Begin strum pattern. I use D-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 F7 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 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 [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/r/rio-grand/252228.html ] C F7 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: A One night after fishin with all of the fellas A F#m Curiosity got the best of us. A 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 In Knox county nobody was famous Just a map dot that people passed through Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah At least as far as we knew |