GCG
In Knox County nobody was famous
GCG
Just a map dot that people passed thru
GCG
Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah
GDG
At least as far as we knew
GCG
Old man Beckett on 200 acres
GCGGCG
Just like the rest of our neighbors
GDG
He seemed like the salt of the earth
CFC
But we all knew something was different
GD
When the market hit bottom that year
GCG
While the rest of the county was starvin'
EmDG
He brought a brand new John Deere
GCG
Well that rumor mill started churning
GCG
Down at the Lucky Dog Cafe
GCG
And it spread thru our church congregation
GDG
When he threw a grand in the plate
CFC
Had his lotto numbers gone lucky
GD
Or did some rich relative die
GCG
Where on God's earth did he get the money
GDG
And who installed that Jacuzzi outside
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A
One night after fishin with all of the fellas
AF#m
Curiosity got the best of us
A
So we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
AEF#m
To see what the truth really was
EDA
Till we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run
ADA
We scattered in every direction
ADA
Grateful to get out alive
ADA
What happened that night was never mentioned
AEA
Till the day fate arrived
DGD
With helicopters and squad cars
AE
They completely surrounded his place
ADA
They cut down all of his cash crops
F#mEA
I can still see the shame on his face
DGDG-D
As they hauled him away in those handcuffs
AE
For growin' what he shouldn't grow
ADA
He said "Careful kids one day you'll end up
F#mEA
Reapin' the seeds that you sew
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.