Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Dm][F][Dm][F][D][Dm][G][D][Dm][F]
[Dm]

[Verse 1]
When [D]I was a little boy
[G]Daddy used [A]to say to me [D]"Son,"
"We got a lot of land
[G]We got a lot [A]of work to be done"
[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Go get your marbles,
[D]put 'em in the house
[G]Tear down your [A]castles in the [D]sand
[G]Come with your pappy to
[D]the cotton patch
[G]Get a little dirt on your hands
[D]Get[G] a little dir[F]t on your han[Dm]ds[D][Dm][D]

[Verse 3]
[D]Get a little dirt on your [Bm]hands, son
[D]Get a little dirt on your [Bm]hands
If you're [D]gonna grow up to be [G]a big,
big [D]man
[G]Get a little dirt on your [D]hands
[G]Get a little [F]dirt on your [D]hands[Dm]
[D][Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[F][D][Eb][Ebm][F#][Eb]

[Verse 4]
Well, [Eb]I reached twenty- one
And [Ab]I thought I was [Bb]a pretty big [Eb]wheel
I left the country for the city
Met [Ab]a slicker with [Bb]a shady
deal
[Eb][Ebm]

[Verse 5]
He said, [Ab]"hold up the bank,
boy and [Eb]take all the money
And [Ab]run as f[Bb]ast as y[Eb]ou can
[Ab]The only way you'll ever
get [Eb]along in this world
Is to [Ab]get a little dirt on your [Eb]hands[Ebm]
[Ab]Get a little d[F#]irt on your [Eb]hands

[Verse 6]
[Eb]Get a little dirt on y[Cm]our hands, son
[Eb]Get a little dirt on your [Cm]hands
If you [Eb]want to grow up to be a [Ab]big, big [Eb]man
[Ab]Get a little dirt on your [Eb]hands
[Ab]Get a little d[F#]irt on your [Ebm]hands"
[F#][Eb]

[Verse 7]
Well, it's four in the morning
And [Ab]the warden [Bb]is calling' my
[Eb]name[Ebm][Eb]
He said he's teaching' me a lesson
Now [Ab]he's making' me
go [Bb]work in the [Eb]rain[Ebm]

[Verse 8]
[Ab]Dig that ditch, boy, f[Eb]ill it up
I'm [Ab]wanting you to [Bb]understand
[Eb]The only[Ab] way to straighten
out [Eb]a guy like you
Is [Ab]to get a little dirt on his [Eb]hands
[Ab]Get a little d[F#]irt on his h[Eb]ands[Ebm]
[Eb]

[Verse 9]
Hey, [Cm]David
Got to get a little dirt [Eb]on those hands,
[Cm]boy
Yeah, if you [Eb]want to grow up to be a big,
big man (if you wanna grow up to [Ab]be a big, b[Eb]ig ma[Ab]n)
You better remember what [Eb]old Whispering Bill told you in his
[Ab]song (you got [F#]to get a little dirt on [Ebm]your hands)
Get a little dirt [Eb]on those hands

[Verse 10]
[Eb]
Little dirt on your [Cm]hands, son
[Eb]Get a little dirt on your [Cm]hands
If you [Eb]want to grow up to be [Ab]a big, big [Eb]man
[Ab]Get a little dirt on y[Eb]our hands
[Ab]Get a little d[F#]irt on your [Eb]hands
[Ab]Get a little d[F#]irt on your [Eb]hands, son
[Ab]I got a little [F#]dirt on my hand[Eb]s
[Ebm][F#][Eb]

[Verse 11]
Get a little dirt on your hands