Born About Six Thousand Years Ago

Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson" Fill1 for end of first line of verses: e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-0-2-0-----| A|-------2---| E|---------3-| Fill2 for end of first line of chorus: e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--0-0-2-0-------| A|----------3-2-0-| E|----------------| The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its character play them as a single bass note- for example   / /    strum play on the 6th string strum [Introduction]        [Verse 1] I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ] They ain’t nothin’ in  this world that I    don’t   know I saw Old King Pharaoh’s daughter find Lit -tle Moses on  the  water And I can whip the man that says it is - n’t   so [Verse 2] I saw Noah when he  built that famous ark [ Fill1 ] I slipped into it one      night when it   got   dark         I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale          and I pulled the li - on’s tail I can whip the man that says it   is - n’t   so [Chorus] I’m an educated man to get more sense within my head I plan  [ Fill2 ] Well I’ve been on earth so long and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song While all of them old timers took their stand [Instrumental]        [Verse 3] Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me (hee hee she did) We was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly Then I took her out and shook her and  I    went with General  Hooker To fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess-  ee. [Verse 4]                                I taught Solomon his little ’s (smart feller) And through all his books I   tutored him with ease Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one  day And I played with his flowing whiskers in   the   breeze [Chorus] I’m an educated man to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ] Well I’ve been on earth so long and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song While all of them old timers took their stand [Instrumental]      [Verse 5] I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o’er (old bugger) Saw Adam and Eve driven from the   door When the apples they were eating from the bushes I was a-peeping I can prove it for I’m  the man that ate  the   core [Verse 6] I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade  [ Fill1 ] And I know the game was poker that they played I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin’ and now  he’s  dead [Chorus] I’m an educated man to get more sense within my head I plan  [ Fill2 ] Well I’ve been on earth so long and  I    used to sing a lit -tle song While all of them old timers took their stand [Outro]