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Born About Six Thousand Years Ago

๐ŸŽค Doc Watson ๐ŸŽต Key: C
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GADG #1 Fill1 G C G I was born about six thousand years ago G G/BG/Bb A7 A7A7/C# D7 They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/BC/BbA7 I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water D7 D7/E D7/FG And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so #2: Fill1 G G/A G/B C G I saw Noah when he built that famous ark G G/B GA7b A7/A7/CD7 D7/B I slipped into it one night when it got dark D7/A G G7 GGC/B C/B C/Bb A7 I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the li - on's tail D7 D7/E D7/FG I can whip the man that says it is - n't so Chorus: Fill2 G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan G G7 G7/AG7CB 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 Break - as intro: GADG #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/AG7CB C/B C/BbA7 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. #4 G C G I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller) G G/BA7 D7 And through all his books, I tutored him with ease G G7 G7/A G/B C C/B C/BbA7 Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day D7 D7/D7/FG And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze Chorus: Fill2 G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan G G7 G7/AG7CB 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 Break - as intro: GADG #5 G C G I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger) G A7 A7/BD7 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/ED7/FG I can prove it for I'm the man that ate the core #6 Fill G C G I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade 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/ED7/F#G Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now he's dead Chorus: Fill2 G G/B G/Bb A7 D7 I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan G G7 G7/AG7CB 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: DG
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