Theres Better Times A Coming

D7 G

[Verse 1]
          G                                                     D
Well, the cows gone dry, an' the hens don’t lay, no place I can borrow
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I give the landlord all the news and the rent comes due to-morrow
        G                                                  D
There’s lots of money in the bank they say that’s where to keep it
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Not only wouldn’t loan me some but they wouldn’t let me see it

[Chorus]
   G                                                D
So pick away on the old banjo, an' keep that guitar strummin'
D                                                 G
Put more water in the soup there’s better times a'comin'

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]
     G                                              D
Well Mary Lou could pull a plow if only I would let her
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She’s twice as strong as any ox but looks a little better
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I didn’t kiss that Mary Lou but once and then I had to leave her
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She made my collar get too high and start the burning fever

[Chorus]
   G                                                D
So pick away on the old banjo, an' keep that guitar strumming
D                                                 G
Put more water in the soup there’s better times a'coming

[Instrumental]
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G   D
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[Verse 3]
   G                                                     D
My rooster used to chase the hens he just kept a'getting thinner
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I's afraid he’d run himself to death so I brought him in for dinner
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Yeah the cotton crops are mighty poor the weeds are really growing
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I need a woman pretty bad to help me with the hoeing

[Chorus]
   G                                                D
So pick away on the old banjo, an' keep that guitar strumming
D                                                 G
Put more water in the soup there’s better times a'coming