Brook Benton

Boll Weevil Song(Chords)

Brook Benton

Key: C

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Intro: C F
 
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#1. F Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil. Dm7 F Now, some of you may not know, but a boll weevil is an insect and he's found mostly where cotton grows. F Dm7 F Now, where they come from, hm, nobody really knows..but this is the way the story goes. #2. F Dm7 F The farmer said to the boll weevil, I see you're on the square. Dm7 F Dm7 Boll weevil said to the farmer, say yep, my F whole darn family's here. C Dm7 F We gotta have a home, gotta have a home. #3. F The farmer said to the boll weevil, say, why do you pick my farm? The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said, Dm7 F we ain't gonna do ya much harm. C Bb We're lookin' for a home-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo- F oooo-ho-ho-ome. #4. F And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug. Dm7 F He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you. Cause, you see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search the whole night through. C Fm Dm7 F Searchin' for a home..I'd have me plenty of home. #5. F And the boll weevil called the farmer, and he said, you better sell your old machines. Dm7 F Cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you can't even buy gasoline. C F I'm gonna take me a home, gotta have a home. #6. F Dm7 And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said, Mr. F farmer, I'd like to wish you well. Dm7 F Farmer said to the boll weevil, yeah, and I wish C that you were in ---- lookin' for a home, lookin' F for a home. OUTRO: C F (Ahh, you'd have a home all right, you'd have a home. C F A real hot home, ahhh..you'd have a home..)..(Fade.)

Written by Brook Benton/Clyde Otis

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