Verse
G#
My name is Tom Hight, an old bachelor I am,
D#7
You’ll find me out West in the county of fame,
G#
You’ll find me out West on an elegant plain
D#7 G#
Starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 2]
G#
Hurrah for Greer County! The land of the free,
D#7
The land of the bedbug, grasshopper, and flea;
G#
I’ll sing of its praises, I’ll tell of its fame
D#7 G#
While I’m starving to death on my government claim.
[Verse 3]
G#
How happy am I when I crawl into bed!
D#7
C# rattlesnake hisses a tune at my head,
G#
C# gay little centipede, all without fear
D#7 G#
Crawls over my pillow and into my ear.
[Verse 4]
G#
My clothes is all ragged, my language is rough;
D#7
My bread is corndodgers, both solid and tough;
G#
And yet I am happy and live at my ease,
D#7 G#
On sorghum, molasses, and bacon and cheese.
[Verse 5]
G#
Good-bye to Greer County, where blizzards arise
D#7
Where the sun never sinks, and a flea never dies
G#
And the wind never ceases but always remains
D#7 G#
Till it starves us to death on our government claim.
[Verse 6]
G#
Farewell to Greer County, farewell to the West,
D#7
I’ll travel back East to the girl I love best,
G#
I’ll travel back Texas and marry me a wife,
D#7 G# D#7 D#7 E7 D#7 G#
And quit eatin’ corndodgers for the rest of my life.