Sixteen Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G][Am]
[G][Am]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Plugged [Am]sixteen
shells from a thirty- ought- [G]six[Am]
And the Black Crow snuck
through a hole in the sky
So [Dm]I spent all my buttons
on an old pack mule
[Am]An d[Dm] I ma[Am]de me a ladder
from a pawnshop [G]marimba
And I [C]leaned up [Am]against a
dandelion tree
[Dm]Leaned up [Am]against a
[Dm]dandeli[Am] on tree
Leaned up against a

[Verse 2]
dandelion tree
[Am][G]
I'm gonna [Am]cook them feathers
on a tiny [G]spit[Am]
And I filled me a sachel full of old
pig [G]corn[Am][G][Am]
And I [G]beat [Am]me a billy from
an old [Dm]French [Am]horn[Dm]
And [Am]I kicked that mule
to the top of the [G]tree
[Am]Kicked that mule to the top of the tree
Blew me a hole 'bout the size of
[Dm]a ki[C]ckdr[Dm]um[G]
And I [Am]cut me a switch from

[Verse 3]
a long branch elbow
[Am]
I'm [G]gonna [Am]whittle you into [G]kindlin'
Black Crow, [Am]sixteen shells from
a thirty- ought- [G]six
[Am]Whittle you into kindlin'
[G]Black Crow [Am]sixteen shells

[Verse 4]
from a thirty- ought- six
[Am]
Well, I slept in the holler of a dry
creek [G]bed[Am][G]
And I [Am]tore out the buckets
from a red Corvette
Tore out the buckets from
a red Corvette
[Dm]Lionel and [Am]Dave and the [Dm]Butcher made
[Am]three[Dm][Am][Dm]
[G]Well, you got [Am]to meet me by the knuckles
of the [G]skinnybone tree[Am]
[G]With [C]the strings of [G]a Washburn
[C]stretched [Am]like a [Dm]clothesline
[C]Oh, you [G]know [Am]me and that mule
scrambled right through the hole
Me and that mule scrambled
right through the hole
I'm [G]gonna

[Verse 5]
[Am]whittle you into kindlin'
[G]Black Crow, [Am]sixteen shells from
a thirty- ought- [G]six
[Am]Whittle you into kindlin'
Black Crow sixteen shells from a thirty-
ought- six
[G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]

[Verse 6]
[G]Now I [Am]hold him prisoner in
a Washburn [G]jail[Am]
[G]That [Am]I strapped on the back of
my old kick [G]mule
[Am]Strapped him on the back of
my old kick [C]mule
[Am]Bang on the strings just to
[Dm]drive him [Am]crazy[Dm]
Oh, [G]I s[Am]trum it loud to rattle his c[G]age
[Am]Strum it loud just to rattle his cage
[C]Strum it [Am]loud just to rattle his cage
[Dm]Strum it loud [Am]just to [Dm]rattle [C]his cage

[Verse 7]
[Am]Oh, [G]I'm[Am]
[G]gonna
[Am]whittle you into kindlin'
[G]Black Crow, six[Am]teen shells from
a thirty- ought- [C]six[G]
[Am]Whittle you into kindlin'
Black [G]Crow [Am]sixteen shells from a thirty-
ought- [G]six

[Outro 1]
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