Tuning: E A D G B E

Born About Six Thousand Years Ago - Doc Watson From the 1964 album - "Doc Watson" Fill1 for end of first line of verses: e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-0-2-0-----| A|-------2---| E|---------3-| Fill2 for end of first line of chorus: e|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|--0-0-2-0-------| A|----------3-2-0-| E|----------------| The split chords show the movement between different chords which give this song its character play them as a single bass note- for example D7 D7/E D7/F# G strum D7, play E F# on the 6th string, strum G [Introduction] G A7 D7 G [Verse 1]

^GI was born about six ^Cthousand years a^Ggo [ Fill1 ] ^GThey ain't nothin' ^G/Bin ^G/Bbthis ^A7world that ^A7/BI ^A7/C#don't ^D7know I saw ^GOld King Pharaoh's d^G7aughter ^G7/Afind ^G7/BLit -^Ctle Moses ^C/Bon ^C/Bbthe ^A7water And I can ^D7whip the man that says it ^D7/Eis - ^D7/F#n't ^Gso

[Verse 2]

^GI saw Noah ^G/Awhen ^G/Bhe ^Cbuilt that famous ^Gark [ Fill1 ] ^GI slipped into it ^G/Bone ^G/Bb ^A7night when ^A7/Bit ^A7/C#got ^D7dark^D7/C ^D7/B ^D7/AI saw ^GJonah swallowed by t^G7he whale,^G7/A ^G7/B ^Cand I pulled the ^C/Bli - ^C/Bbon's ^A7tail I can ^D7whip the man that says it ^D7/Eis - ^D7/F#n't ^Gso

[Chorus]

^GI'm an educated man, to ^G/Bget ^G/Bbmore ^A7sense within my head I ^D7plan [ Fill2 ] Well, I've ^Gbeen on earth so ^G7long, ^G7/Aand ^G7/BI ^Cused to sing a ^C/Blit ^C/Bb-tle ^A7song While ^D7all of them old timers ^D7/Etook ^D7/F#their ^Gstand

[Instrumental] G A7 D7 G [Verse 3]

^GQueen Elizabeth fell ^Cdead in love with ^Gme, (hee, hee, she did) ^GWe was married in ^A7Mil-wauk-ee ^A7/Bsec- ^A7/C#ret - ^D7ly Then I ^Gtook her out and ^G7shook her, ^G7/Aand ^G7/BI ^Cwent with ^C/BGene^C/Bbral ^A7Hooker To ^D7fight mosquitoes down in ^D7/ETenn-^D7/F#ess- ^Gee.

[Verse 4]

^GI taught Solomon his ^Clittle A B ^GC's (smart feller) ^GAnd through all his books, ^G/BbI t^A7utored him with ^D7ease Then I^G sailed out on the b^G7ay ^G7/Awith ^G/BMeth^Cuse^C/Blah ^C/Bbone ^A7day And I ^D7played with his flowing whiskers ^D7/Ein ^D7/F#the ^Gbreeze

[Chorus]

[Instrumental] G A7 D7 G [Verse 5]

^GI seen old Satan when he ^Csearched that Garden ^Go'er, (old bugger) ^GSaw Adam and Eve d^A7riven from t^A7/Bhe d^D7oor When th^Ge apples they wer^G7e eating, f^G/Arom ^G/Bthe ^Cbushes I w^C/Bas a^C/Bb-peep^A7ing I c^D7an prove it for I'm the man that ^D7/Eate ^D7/F#the ^Gcore

[Verse 6]

^GI saw Cain when he ki^Clled Abel with a s^Gpade [ Fill1 ] ^GAnd I know the game ^G/Bwas ^A7poker that they ^D7played I was h^Gid behind the shr^G7ub when he ^G/Aslap^G/Bped ^Chim ^C/Bwith ^C/Bbthat ^A7club Poo^D7r old Abel caught him a-cheatin' and ^D7/Enow ^D7/F#he's ^Gdead

[Chorus]

[Outro] D7 G

Doc Watson - Born about six thousand years ago