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Acres Of Clams[Bearbeiten]
Folk-Song aus dem Nordwesten der USA Alternativtitel: Old Settler’s Song, Lay of the Old Settler, Rosin the Beau, ... • Text und Melodie: Francis D. Henry (1874) bearbeitet von Paniolo
Gitarre | Ukulele (gcea) | ||||||||||
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- 1st Verse
- I've [C]wandered all over this country, prospecting and digging for [Am]gold
- I've [C]tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled and I nearly [G7]froze in the [C]cold
- And [C]I nearly froze in the cold (me boys), and I nearly froze in the [Am]cold
- I've [C]tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled and I nearly [G7]froze in the [C]cold
- 2nd Verse
- For [C]one who got wealthy by mining, I saw many hundreds get [Am]poor
- I [C]made up my mind to go digging for something a [G7]little more [C]sure
- For [C]something a little more sure (me boys), for something a little more [Am]sure
- I [C]made up my mind to go digging for something a [G7]little more [C]sure
- 3rd Verse
- I [C]rolled up my grub in my blanket, I left all my tools on the [Am]ground
- I [C]started one morning to shank it for the country they [G7]call Puget [C]Sound
- For the [C]country they call Puget Sound (me boys), for the country they call Puget [Am]Sound
- I [C]started one morning to shank it for the country they [G7]call Puget [C]Sound
- Last Verse
- No [C]longer a slave of ambition, I laugh at the world and its [Am]shams
- And I [C]think of my happy condition, surrounded by [G7]acres of [C]clams
- Sur-[C]rounded by acres of clams (me boys), surrounded by acres of [Am]clams
- And I [C]think of my happy condition, surrounded by [G7]acres of [C]clams
Melodie[Bearbeiten]