Intro: F C F
#1
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Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
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I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
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I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow
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play a little tune wherever I go
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F
#2
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Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
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The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose
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Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
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we'll miss our supper down in Candyville "
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F
#3
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Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg
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The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg
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With one shoe off and one shoe on he could do the
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double-shuffle til the cows come home
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F
#4
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Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence
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I took my money and I ain't worked since
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I sold my buggy and I sold my plow
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I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F
#5
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Over the hickory and down the pine
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the racoon left and the old hound whined
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John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left
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They crossed Green River in a minute and a half
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you
OUTRO:
F C F F C F (x2)(Fade )
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