Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson
From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson"
Fill1 for end of first line of verses:
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Fill2 for end of first line of chorus:
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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 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 D7/C D7/B
I slipped into it one night when it got dark
D7/A G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the li - on's tail
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 3]
G C G
Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did)
G A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
We was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I took her out and shook her, and I went with General Hooker
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
To fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess- ee.
[Verse 4]
G C G
I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)
G G/Bb A7 D7
And through all his books, I tutored him with ease
G G7 G7/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 5]
G C G
I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger)
G A7 A7/B D7
Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
When the apples they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can prove it for I'm the man that ate the core
[Verse 6]
G C G
I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade [ Fill1 ]
G G/B A7 D7
And I know the game was poker that they played
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now he's dead
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Outro]
D7 G
