Ginseng Sullivan
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About three miles from the Batelle yard
From the reverse curve on down
Not far south of the town depot
Sullivan's shack was found
Back on the higher ground.
You could see him every day
Just walking down the line
With his old brown sack across his back
And his long hair down behind
Speaking his worried mind.
cho: It's a long way to the delta
From the North Georgia hills
A tote sack full of ginseng
Won't pay no travelling bills
Now, I'm too old to ride the rails
Or thumb the road alone
So I guess I'll never make it back to home
My muddy water Mississippi delta home.
The winters here, they get too cold
The damp it makes me ill
Can't dig no roots in the mountain side
With the ground froze hard and still
Gotta stay at the foot of the hill.
But next summer, things turn right
The companies will pay high
I'll make enough money to pay my bills
Bid these mountains goodbye
Then he said with a sigh:
See ya
"And if one more person says to me, they can't stand the "twang," I think
I just might gingerly poke 'em in the eye. This is not like eating okra."
--Linda Ellis
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Readable chord sheet for Ginseng Sullivan by Misc Country
A[D]bout three miles from the Batelle yard
F[G]rom the reverse curve on down
N[D]ot far south of the town depot
S[G]ullivan's shack was fo[Bm]und
B[A]ack on the higher gr[D]ound.
Y[D]ou could see him every day
J[G]ust walking down the line
W[D]ith his old brown sack across his back
A[G]nd his long hair d[Bm]own behind
S[A]peaking his worried mi[D]nd.
c[D]ho: 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] Now, I'm too[D] old to ride the rails
[Em] Or thumb the[A] road alone
[D] So I guess I'l[G]l never make it b[D]ack to home
[D] My muddy wat[G]er Mississipp[A]i delta[D] home.
T[D]he winters here, they get too cold
T[G]he damp it makes me ill
C[D]an't dig no roots in the mountain side
W[G]ith the ground froze ha[Bm]rd and still
G[A]otta stay at the foot of [D]the hill.
B[D]ut next summer, things turn right
T[G]he companies will pay high
I[D]'ll make enough money to pay my bills
B[G]id these mountains goodby[Bm]e
T[A]hen he said with a si[D]gh:
See ya
"And if one more person says to me, they can't stand the "twang," I think
I just might gingerly poke 'em in the eye. This is not like eating okra."
--Linda Ellis