Biografía:
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (3 de Março de 1923). Guitarrista, letrista e cantor de música bluegrass, folk, country, blues e gospel. Musica tradicional norte-americana.
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Otras canciones:
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Deep River Blues
- A
- Alberta
- Banks Of The Ohio
- Big Spike Hammer
- Blue Railroad Train
- Born About Six Thousand Years Ago
- Call Of The Road
- Columbus Stockade Blues
- Crawdad Hole Song
- Curly Headed Baby
- Docs Guitar
- Dont Monkey Round My Widder
- Dream Of The Miners Child
- Footprints In The Snow
- Gamblers Yodel
- Georgie
- Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Greenville Trestle High
- Handsome Molly
- I Couldnt Believe It Was True
- I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
- Im Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
- Life Gits Teejus Dont It
- Listening To The Rain
- Little Darlin Pal Of Mine
- Little Orphan Girl
- Little Sadie
- Little Stream Of Whiskey
- Lost John
- Mama Dont Allow No Music
- Mandman With A Box
- Matchbox Blues
- Matty Groves
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Moody River
- More Pretty Girls Than One
- My Creole Belle
- My Rose Of Old Kentucky
- Nashville Picking
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobodys Fault But Mine
- Nothin To It
- Old Camp Meeting Time
- Omie Wise
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Ready For The Times To Get Better
- Rising Sun Blues
- Rye Cove
- Shady Grove
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- St James Hospital
- St James Infirmary
- Stackolee
- Streamline Cannonball
- Summertime
- T For Texas
- Tennessee Rag
- Tennessee Stud
- The Riddle Song
- The Telephone Girl
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Three Times Seven
- Tom Dooley
- Train Whistle Blues
- Traveling Man
- Treasures Untold
- Uncloudy Day
- Walk On Boy
- Way Downtown
- Weary Blues
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Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson
From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson"
Fill1 for end of first line of verses:
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Fill2 for end of first line of chorus:
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The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its
character play them as a single bass note- for example
D7 D7/E D7/F# G strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G
[Introduction]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C G
I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Verse 2]
G G/A G/B C G
I saw Noah when he built that famous ark [ Fill1 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 D7/C D7/B
I slipped into it one night when it got dark
D7/A G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the li - on's tail
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 3]
G C G
Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did)
G A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
We was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I took her out and shook her, and I went with General Hooker
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
To fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess- ee.
[Verse 4]
G C G
I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)
G G/Bb A7 D7
And through all his books, I tutored him with ease
G G7 G7/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 5]
G C G
I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger)
G A7 A7/B D7
Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
When the apples they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can prove it for I'm the man that ate the core
[Verse 6]
G C G
I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade [ Fill1 ]
G G/B A7 D7
And I know the game was poker that they played
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now he's dead
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Outro]
D7 G
From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson"
Fill1 for end of first line of verses:
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-0-2-0-----|
A|-------2---|
E|---------3-|
Fill2 for end of first line of chorus:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--0-0-2-0-------|
A|----------3-2-0-|
E|----------------|
The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its
character play them as a single bass note- for example
D7 D7/E D7/F# G strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G
[Introduction]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 1]
G C G
I was born about six thousand years ago [ Fill1 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
They ain't nothin' in this world that I don't know
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Old King Pharaoh's daughter find Lit -tle Moses on the water
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Verse 2]
G G/A G/B C G
I saw Noah when he built that famous ark [ Fill1 ]
G G/B G/Bb A7 A7/B A7/C# D7 D7/C D7/B
I slipped into it one night when it got dark
D7/A G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I saw Jonah swallowed by the whale, and I pulled the li - on's tail
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can whip the man that says it is - n't so
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 3]
G C G
Queen Elizabeth fell dead in love with me, (hee, hee, she did)
G A7 A7/B A7/C# D7
We was married in Mil-wauk-ee sec- ret - ly
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I took her out and shook her, and I went with General Hooker
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
To fight mosquitoes down in Tenn-ess- ee.
[Verse 4]
G C G
I taught Solomon his little A B C's (smart feller)
G G/Bb A7 D7
And through all his books, I tutored him with ease
G G7 G7/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Then I sailed out on the bay with Methuselah one day
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
And I played with his flowing whiskers in the breeze
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Instrumental]
G A7 D7 G
[Verse 5]
G C G
I seen old Satan when he searched that Garden o'er, (old bugger)
G A7 A7/B D7
Saw Adam and Eve driven from the door
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
When the apples they were eating, from the bushes I was a-peeping
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
I can prove it for I'm the man that ate the core
[Verse 6]
G C G
I saw Cain when he killed Abel with a spade [ Fill1 ]
G G/B A7 D7
And I know the game was poker that they played
G G7 G/A G/B C C/B C/Bb A7
I was hid behind the shrub when he slapped him with that club
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
Poor old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and now he's dead
[Chorus]
G G/B G/Bb A7 D7
I'm an educated man, to get more sense within my head I plan [ Fill2 ]
G G7 G7/A G7/B C C/B C/Bb A7
Well, I've been on earth so long, and I used to sing a lit -tle song
D7 D7/E D7/F# G
While all of them old timers took their stand
[Outro]
D7 G
Dog Is Dead
Dogs Die In Hot (...)
Doja Cat
Dolls United
Dolly
Don Dilego
Don Felder
Don Francisco
Don Henley
Don Ho