Standard tuning
Careful and precise picking required for this wonderful tune
Some lovely little ascending / descending runs on the Am chord.
Unusually this one starts with the chorus.
Chords
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Dm xx0231
G 320033
C x32010
C/B x22010
Am x02210
F 133211
G/G# 420033
G/A x00033
G/B x20033
Riff1
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E --------------------|
B --1----1----1----1--|
G -0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
D ---------------0----|
A 3----2----3---------|
E --------------------|
Riff2
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E --0-----------------|
B 1---3--1--0>1-0>1---|
G 2-------------------|
D 2-------------------|
A 0-------------------|
E --------------------|
Chorus 1
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Dm G
Gonna get what's mine
C /B Am
And wild horses couldn't keep it from me
Dm G
Papa says I'm a golden child
C /B Am
And the whole world's gonna fall at my feet
Dm G Am
It's all comin to me
Verse 1
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Am
Going down pickin when it's harvest time
C RIFF1
Gonna get my share gonna get what's mine for me
Am
Sun is a-blazin down but I don't mind
C
I'm pickin I'm diggin it's harvest time for me
Refrain 1
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F C
When I get my little eye on it
Dm G
When I get my little mind on it
Am
You best be-lieve
Verse 2
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Am
Oh sweet tooth aching in my head
/B C RIFF1
Gonna fill my belly to the brim oh yes in-deed
Am
Hive is a-buzzin in a hollow tree
/B C
And I don't care if I gotta kill a little honey bee
Refrain 2
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F C
Cause when I get my little eye on it
Dm G
And when I get my little mind on it
Am
You best be-lieve
F C Dm
Oh my my my my
G Am
It's all comin to me
Chorus 2
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Dm G /A /B
Gonna get what's mine
C /B Am
And wild horses couldn't keep it from me
Dm G /A /B
Papa says I'm a golden child
C /B Am
And the whole world's gonna fall at my feet
Dm G Am RIFF2
All comin' to me
Verse 3
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Am
Pumpin and a-suckin til the well is dry
/B C
Nobody's boomin in these busted times like me
Am
Down in Texas where the cattle don't roam
/B C
Oil is a-drippin and the savings and loans they bleed
Refrain 3
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F C
When I get my little eye on it
Dm G
When I get my little mind on it
Am
You best be-lieve
F C Dm
Oh my my my my
G Am
It's all comin to me it's all comin to me
End section
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Am
Papa came along and he shook the tree
Down came a bushel and a peck for me
F Am
Papa shooed away all the honeybees
Papa dug a well and it flowed for me
Papa caught the motherlode fish for me
F Am
Papa set a fire and it burned for me
Dm F
Papa put a skillet in the flame to fry
C G
Papa filled this little silver spoon of mine
F Am
Papa said the Lord took a shine to me
Dm F
Papa said I gotta set the whole world free
C G
Whole world free whole world free
/G# Am RIFF2 to close
Ooh papa said how it's gonna be
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2014
[email protected]
