{INTRO} C#m E A E
{VERSE} C#m E Gone are the days when the ox fall down, B A You take up the yoke and plow the fields around. C#m E Gone are the days when the ladies said, “Please, A E Gentle Jack Jones won’t you come to me.”
{CHORUS} B Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, A E B The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean. A E C#m Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down, F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
{VERSE} C#m E 1920 when he stepped to the bar, B A Drank to the dregs of the whiskey jar. C#m E 1930 when the wall caved in, A E He paid his way selling red-eyed gin.
{CHORUS} B Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, A E B The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean. A E C#m Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down, F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
{SOLO} C#m E B A C#m E A E
{VERSE} C#m E Delilah Jones was the mother of twins, B A Two times over and the rest were sins. C#m E Raised eight boys, only I turned bad, A E Didn’t get the lickin’s that the other ones had.
{CHORUS} B Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, A E B The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean. A E C#m Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down, F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
{BRIDGE} Bm A E Tumble down shack in Big Foot county. Bm A E Snowed so hard that the roof caved in. C#m B A G#m Delilah Jones went to meet her God, A E And the old man never was the same again.
{VERSE} C#m E Daddy made whiskey and he made it well. B A Cost two dollars and it burned like hell. C#m E I cut hick’ry just to fire the still, A E Drink down a bottle and be ready to kill.
{CHORUS} B Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, A E B The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean. A E C#m Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down, F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
{VERSE} C#m E Gone are the days when the ox fall down, B A You take up the yoke and plow the fiends around. C#m E Gone are the days when the ladies said’ “Please, A E Gentle Jack Jones won’t you come to me.”
{CHORUS} B Brown-eyed women and red grenadine, A E B The bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean. A E C#m Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin’ down, F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
{END} F#m A E And it looks like the old man’s gettin’ on.
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Guitar only plays 3 notes leading to C#m on the first C#m of each first. The bass does it on the second C#m of the verse but it’s subtle.