Misc Country - Ginseng Sullivan guitar tab

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Ginseng Sullivan

(Norman Blake)

D

About three miles from the Batelle yard

G

From the reverse curve on down

D

Not far south of the town depot

G Bm

Sullivan's shack was found

A D

Back on the higher ground.

D

You could see him every day

G

Just walking down the line

D

With his old brown sack across his back

G Bm

And his long hair down behind

A D

Speaking his worried mind.

D

cho: It's a long way to the delta

G

From the North Georgia hills

D

A tote sack full of ginseng

G G7

Won't pay no travelling bills

C D

Now, I'm too old to ride the rails

Em A

Or thumb the road alone

D G D

So I guess I'll never make it back to home

D G A D

My muddy water Mississippi delta home.

D

The winters here, they get too cold

G

The damp it makes me ill

D

Can't dig no roots in the mountain side

G Bm

With the ground froze hard and still

A D

Gotta stay at the foot of the hill.

D

But next summer, things turn right

G

The companies will pay high

D

I'll make enough money to pay my bills

G Bm

Bid these mountains goodbye

A D

Then he said with a sigh:

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See ya

-Bo Parker

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