Artist: | Stomping Tom Conners (English) |
User: | Mike Stoneman |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
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Comment: | - |
[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)
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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,
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If it gets, a little chilly you can close the door,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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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,
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But I won't, go work in them tobacco fields,
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Of Tillsonburg (Tillsonburg), Tillsonburg, (Tillsonburg)
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My back still aches when I hear that word.