Verse
B
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
F#7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
B
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
F#7 B
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
B
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
F#7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
B
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
F#7 B
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
B
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
F#7
E rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
B
E gay little centipede, all without fear
F#7 B
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
B
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
F#7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
B
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
F#7 B
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
B
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
F#7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
B
And the wind never ceases but always remains
F#7 B
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
B
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
F#7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
B
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
F#7 B F#7 F#7 G7 F#7 B
And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.