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(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.)
In Knox County nobody was famous
Just a map dot that people passed through
Everybody grew Corn and tomatoes, yeah
(Begin strum pattern. I use -DU-UDU.)
At least as far as we knew
Old man Beckett on 200 acres
From sunup till sundown he worked
Just like the rest of our neighbors
He seemed like the salt of the earth
But we all knew something was different
When the market hit bottom that year
While the rest of the county was starvin'
He brought home a brand new John Deere
Well that rumor mill started churning
Down at the Lucky Dog Cafe
And it spread thru our Church Congregation
When he threw a grand in the plate
Had his lotto numbers gone lucky
Or did some rich relative die
Where on God's earth did he get the money
To install that Jacuzzi outside
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Bridge
One night after fishin with all of the fellas
Curiosity got the best of us.
So we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
To see what the truth really was
Till we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run
We scattered in every direction
Grateful to get out alive
What happened that night was never mentioned
Till the day they arrived
With helicopters and squad cars
They completely surrounded his place
They cut down all of his cash crops
I can still see the shame on his face
As they hauled him away in those handcuffs
For growin' what he shouldn't grow
He said "Careful kids one day you'll end up
Reapin' the seeds that you sew
(Strum once for the last verse)
In Knox County nobody was famous
Just a map dot that people passed through
Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah
At least as far as we knew