Verse
C#
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
G#7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
C#
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
G#7 C#
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
C#
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
G#7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
C#
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
G#7 C#
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
C#
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
G#7
F# rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
C#
F# gay little centipede, all without fear
G#7 C#
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
C#
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
G#7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
C#
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
G#7 C#
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
C#
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
G#7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
C#
And the wind never ceases but always remains
G#7 C#
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
C#
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
G#7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
C#
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
G#7 C# G#7 G#7 A7 G#7 C#
And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.