Better Times A-Coming

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse

G
Well the cows went dry the hens don’t lay
                       D
there’s no place I can borrow
                  C
Give the landlord all the news
        D              G
and the rent comes due tomorrow

Verse

G
Lots of money in the bank
                           D
they say that’s where they keep it
                       C
Not only wouldn’t they loan me some
     D                   G
they wouldn’t let me see it

Chorus

G
So pick away on the old banjo
                 D
Keep that guitar strumming
G              C
Put more water in the soup
        D            G
There’s better times a-coming

Verse

G
Well Mary Lou could pull a plow
                D
if only I would let her
                   C
Twice as strong as any ox
    D                    G
and she don’t smell much better

Verse

G
I didn’t kiss that Mary Lou but once
                  D
and then I had to leave her
                 C
Make’s my collar get so tight
  D                  G
I start to burn with fever

Verse

Well a man came by the other day
a-huntin manual labor
I told him I hadn’t seen the guy
why don’t he ask the neighbor

Verse

So come on boys get your gals
and kick your heels up higher
Don’t let no one steal your gal
just hold her a little tighter

Verse

G
My rooster used to chase a hen
                     D
he just kept getting thinner
              C
He nearly ran himself to death
     D                 G
so I bought him in for dinner

Verse

G
Cotton crops are mighty poor
                     D
the weeds are really a-growin
  G            C
I need a woman pretty bad
   D                G
to help me with the hoein’