Boss Jack

Notes: Capo I original release has two minute spoken-word intro [Intro Fill] e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-------0-| E|-0-2-4---| [Intro] [Verse 1] Pick a lotta cotton drag a long sack Comin’ cross the field well I see Boss Jack He’s a-ridin’ straddle of a single foot roan When you know that horse you’ll leave him alone That old roan’s got green in his eyes Mean as the devil and twice as wise Fire in his nose and a bow in his back Can’t nobody ride him but Boss Jack [Fill] e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-------0-| E|-0-2-4---| [Chorus] C’mon children bend your back Work a little faster fill your sack Then you hitch up the wagon take it to the gin Finish pickin’ before the winter sets in [Fill] e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-------0-| E|-0-2-4---| [Interlude] [Verse 2] Now here a while back when the crop was laid by Remember who took us on a big fish fry Caught a heap of catfish goggle-eye and carp Danced and sung to the guitar and harp Well someday ol’ Boss Jack’s gonna set us all free Gabriel’s gonna blow for you and me Angel’s gonna bring that chariot from above Flappin’ their wings like a turtledove [Fill] e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-------0-| E|-0-2-4---| [Chorus] C’mon children bend your back Work a little faster fill your sack Then you hitch up the wagon take it to the gin Finish pickin’ before the winter sets in [Fill] e|---------| B|---------| G|---------| D|---------| A|-------0-| E|-0-2-4---| [Outro] [Outro Fill] |---------| |---------| |---------| A|-0h2-----| E|-----0---| *********************************** | h   Hammer-on ***********************************