Tillsonburg

Artist: Stomping Tom Conners (English)
User: Mike Stoneman
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
Chord names: Default
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[Intro]

Hey Tom, have you ever been to Tillsonburg? Tillsonburg
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My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 1]
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While way down in southern Ontario,
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I never had a nickel or a dime to show,
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A fella beeped up in a automobile,
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Said,             you wanna work in the tobacco fields,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 2]
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He said I'll only give ya seven bucks a day,
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And if you're any good you get a raise in pay,
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Your bed's all ready on the bunk house floor,
           N.C.                            C
If it gets,       a little chilly you can close the door,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 3]
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I was feelin' in the mornin' anything but fine,
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The farmer said I'm gonna teach ya how da prime,
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He says you gotta don a pair of oilskin pants,
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If       you wanna work in those tobacco plants,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 4]
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We landed in a field that was long and wide,
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With one old horse and five more guys,
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I asked him where to find the cigarette trees,
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When he said,       bend over I was ready to leave,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 5]
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He said just to pick the bottom leaves,
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And don't start crawlin' on your hands and knees,
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Prime your row 'cause you'll get no pay,
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For standin',        there pickin' at your nose all day,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 6]
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With a broken back bendin' over there,
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I was wet right through to the underwear,
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And it was stuck to my skin like glue,
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From the nicotine,       tar and the mornin' dew,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 7]
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Now the nearest river was two miles from,
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The place they were waitin' for the boat to come,
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When I heard some talk about makin' the kill,
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I was down         the highway and over the hill,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

[Verse 8]
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Now there's one thing you can always bet,
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If I never smoke another cigarette,
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I might get taken in a lot of deals,
            N.C.                      C
But I won't,         go work in them tobacco fields,
    F                          C
Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
    G                       F         C
My back still aches when I hear that word.

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