Son Of A Bum lyrics and chords

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Son Of A Bum
Written and recorded by Mel Tillis

C                    F            C
Well I was born in a tumbled down shack
                             G7
One quarter of a mile from a railroad track
C                  F           C
Mama was a drifter daddy was a bum
                       G7          C
And they didn't want a little hobo son

                         F      C
But things do happen and here I am
                G7
Just outside of Birmingham
C                            F          C
Train's slowing down and I'm gonna jump out
                              G7       C
I'm gonna spread my wings and look all about

F                     C
Give me the whip of a whippoorwill
  G7                  C
A whipping it up on a lonely hill
F               C
Give me the sun the stars and the rain
D7                       G7
Sneaky peaky wine in the blood of my veins
                     F                  C
Cause I'm a son of a bum I'm a son of a bum
               F            G7
I'm a son of a bum son of a bum bum bum
            F                      C
Free as the breeze and I'm easy to please

                             F        C
Fussing and a fighting and a going to war
                           G7
People don't know what the living's for
C                        F         C
Money money money that's all folks know
                               G7     C
They could learn a lesson from a rich hobo

                   F    C
Got no worries and no regrets
                   G7
Got no money but I got no debts
C                             F           C
Rabbit in the thicket and the fish in the brook
                         G7       C
And I got my supper if I got me a hook

Repeat #3
 
               F   G7               C
I'm a son of a bum I'm just easy to please

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