Beckett's Back Forty
Rio GrandVersion1
90
Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
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(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.)
In Knox County nobody was famous
Just a map dot that people passed through
Everybody grew Corn and tomatoes, yeah
(Begin strum pattern. I use -DU-UDU.)
At least as far as we knew
Old man Beckett on 200 acres
From sunup till sundown he worked
Just like the rest of our neighbors
He seemed like the salt of the earth
But we all knew something was different
When the market hit bottom that year
While the rest of the county was starvin'
He brought home a brand new John Deere
Well that rumor mill started churning
Down at the Lucky Dog Cafe
And it spread thru our Church Congregation
When he threw a grand in the plate
Had his lotto numbers gone lucky
Or did some rich relative die
Where on God's earth did he get the money
To install that Jacuzzi outside
Key Change to A
One night after fishin with all of the fellas
Curiosity got the best of us.
So we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
To see what the truth really was
Till we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run
We scattered in every direction
Grateful to get out alive
What happened that night was never mentioned
Till the day they arrived
With helicopters and squad cars
They completely surrounded his place
They cut down all of his cash crops
I can still see the shame on his face
As they hauled him away in those handcuffs
For growin' what he shouldn't grow
He said "Careful kids one day you'll end up
Reapin' the seeds that you sew
(Strum once for the last verse)
In Knox County nobody was famous
Just a map dot that people passed through
Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah
At least as far as we knew
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Readable chord sheet for Beckett's Back Forty by Rio Grand
[Fmaj7] [E]:0 [B]:1 [G]:2 [D]:3 [A]:x [E]:x (Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.) In Knox [G]County no[Cadd9]body was [G]famous Just a [G]map dot that [Cadd9]people passed [G]through Every[G]body grew [Cadd9]Corn and t[G]omatoes, yeah [G] [D] [G](Begin strum pattern. I use [D]-DU-UDU.) At least as far as we knew Old man [G]Beckett on [Cadd9]200 [G]acres From [G]sunup till [Cadd9]sundown he [G]worked [G]Just like the [Cadd9]rest of our neig[G]hbors He [G]seemed like the [D]salt of the [G]earth But we [C]all knew [Fmaj7]something was [C]different When the [G]market hit bottom that [D]year While the [G]rest of the [Cadd9]county was [G]starvin' He [Em]brought home a [D]brand new John [G]Deere Well [G]that rumor [Cadd9]mill started [G]churning [G]Down at the [Cadd9]Lucky Dog [G]Cafe And it [G]spread thru our [Cadd9]Church Con[G]gregation When [G]he threw a [D]grand in the [G]plate Had his [C]lotto [Fmaj7]numbers gone [C]lucky Or [G]did some rich relative [D]die Where on [G]God's earth did [Cadd9]he get the mone[G]y To[G] install that[D] Jacuzzi [G]outside Key Change to A One [A]night after fishin with all of the fellas [A]Curiosity got the best of [F#m]us. So we [A]crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes To [A]see what the truth really [F#m]was Till we were [E]stopped by a [D]shot from his [A]gun, run We [A]scattered in [D]every di[A]rection [A]Grateful to [D]get out a[A]live What [A]happened that [D]night was never [A]mentioned Till the [A]day [E]they a[A]rrived With [D]heli[G]copters and [D]squad cars They com[A]pletely surrounded his [E]place They [A]cut down [D]all of his [A]cash crops I can [F#m]still see the [E]shame on his [A]face As they [D]hauled him a[G]way in those [D]handcuffs For [A]growin' what he shouldn't [E]grow He said "[A]Careful kid[D]s one day you'll [A]end up [F#m]Reapin' the [E]seeds that you [A]sew (Strum once for the last verse) In Knox [A]County no[D]body was [A]famous Just a [A]map dot that [D]people passed [A]through Every[A]body grew [D]corn and [A]tomatoes, yeah At [A]least as [E]far as we [A]knew