Werbung entfernen[Verse 1]
C#m EGone are the days when the ox fall down,
B AYou take up the yoke and plow the fields around.
C#m EGone are the days when the ladies said, "Please,
A EGentle Jack Jones won't you come to me."
[Chorus]
BBrown-eyed women and red grenadine,
A E BThe bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
A E C#mSound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
[Verse 2]
C#m E1920 when he stepped to the bar,
B ADrank to the dregs of the whiskey jar.
C#m E1930 when the wall caved in,
A EHe paid his way selling red-eyed gin.
[Chorus]
BBrown-eyed women and red grenadine,
A E BThe bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
A E C#mSound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
[Verse 3]
C#m EDelilah Jones was the mother of twins,
B ATwo times over and the rest were sins.
C#m ERaised eight boys, only I turned bad,
A EDidn't get the lickin's that the other ones had.
[Chorus]
BBrown-eyed women and red grenadine,
A E BThe bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
A E C#mSound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
[Solo]
C#m E
B A
C#m E
A E
[Bridge]
Bm A ETumble down shack in Big Foot county.
Bm A ESnowed so hard that the roof caved in.
C#m B A G#mDelilah Jones went to meet her God,
A EAnd the old man never was the same again.
[Verse 4]
C#m EDaddy made whiskey and he made it well.
B ACost two dollars and it burned like hell.
C#m EI cut hick'ry just to fire the still,
A EDrink down a bottle and be ready to kill.
[Chorus]
BBrown-eyed women and red grenadine,
A E BThe bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
A E C#mSound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
[Verse 5]
C#m EGone are the days when the ox fall down,
B AYou take up the yoke and plow the fields around.
C#m EGone are the days when the ladies said, "Please,
A EGentle Jack Jones won't you come to me."
[Chorus]
BBrown-eyed women and red grenadine,
A E BThe bottle was dusty but the liquor was clean.
A E C#mSound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down,
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
F#m A EAnd it looks like the old man's gettin' on.
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