Bill Anderson - Get a little dirt on your hands

^CWhen I was a little boy my ^Fdaddy used to say to me ^Cson We got a lotta big land and a ^Flotta hard work to be ^Cdone ^FGo get your marbles ^Cput 'em in the house ^G7Tear down your castles in the ^Csand ^FCome with your pappy to the ^Ccotton patch ^FAnd get a little dirt on your ^Amhands

^CGet a little dirt on your ^Amhands boy ^CGet a little dirt on your ^Amhands ^CIf you're gonna grow up to be a ^Fbig big ^Cman You ^Fgotta get a little dirt on your ^Chands You ^Fgotta get a little dirt on your ^Chands

Well I got to be twenty and I ^Fthought I was a pretty big ^Cwheel Left the country for the city met a ^Fslicker with a shady ^Cdeal ^FHe said hold up the tavern ^Ctake all the money ^G7Run as fast as you ^Ccan ^FIf you're gonna get along in this ^Cbig bad world ^FYou gotta get a little dirt on your ^Amhands

Well it's four in the morning and the ^Fwarden is a calling my ^Cname Says he's teaching me a lesson gonna ^Fsend me out to work in the ^Crain ^FDig that ditch boy chop that ^Ccorn ^G7I gotta make you under^Cstand ^FOnly way to straighten out a ^Cguy like you ^FIs to get a little dirt on your ^Amhands