Original Artist - Four-score Less Five guitar chord

Four Score Less Five

by: Verne Garrison Valley Park, Mo-08.08.07

Banjo tuned Eb Key of D

Four Score Less Five

Chorus:

Four(D)-score less (G) five years (D) ago

I was born a sharecroppers (A) son

My (D) mother was (G) very, very (D) pretty

And my dad was a good-looking (A) son of a (D) gun

It was during the (G) depression (D) years,

And times were really (A) tough

Folks (D) worked hard, fought (G) back their (D) tears

Slim pickins, but we always (A) seemed to have (D) enuf

We always had a (G) a garden and potato (D) patch

And an old cow, and a hog or (A) two

Chickens (D) waiting for (G) eggs to (D) hatch

Puttin food on the table was (A) hard to (D) do

There werent many (G) toys for little (D) boys

And the little girls had it tough (A) too

Wood (D) stick bats, and (G) an old sock (D) ball

Rag dolls, mud pies, about (A) all there was to (D) do

We grew up (G) really (D) fast

Kinda old for our (A) age

Trying (D) to be first, and (G) never (D) last

Unaware we were on (A) lifes big (D) stage

Now life has (G) changed since way back (D) then

When we did our chores early, then did them (A) again

Blackberries (D) no longer (G) mean good cobbler (D) pie

Kids go around the world (A) in a blink of the (D) eye

I guess things (G) must be (D) better,

That they were (A) before

I (D) know I need (G) a lot more (D) time

To even get out (A) the (D) door

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