Verse
A#
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
F7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
A#
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
F7 A#
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
A#
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
F7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
A#
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
F7 A#
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
A#
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
F7
D# rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
A#
D# gay little centipede, all without fear
F7 A#
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
A#
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
F7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
A#
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
F7 A#
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
A#
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
F7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
A#
And the wind never ceases but always remains
F7 A#
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
A#
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
F7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
A#
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
F7 A# F7 F7 F#7 F7 A#
And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.