C
F
C
When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me son
F
C
We got a lotta big land and a lotta hard work to be done
F
C
Go get your marbles put ’em in the house
G7
C
Tear down your castles in the sand
F
C
Come with your pappy to the cotton patch
F
Am
And get a little dirt on your hands
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands
C
F
C
If you’re gonna grow up to be a big big man
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
F
C
Well I got to be twenty and I thought I was a pretty big wheel
F
C
Left the country for the city met a slicker with a shady deal
F
C
He said hold up the tavern take all the money
G7
C
Run as fast as you can
F
C
If you’re gonna get along in this big bad world
F
Am
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands
C
F
C
If you’re gonna grow up to be a big big man
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
F
C
Well it’s four in the morning and the warden is a calling my name
F
C
Says he’s teaching me a lesson gonna send me out to work in the rain
F
C
Dig that ditch boy chop that corn
G7
C
I gotta make you understand
F
C
Only way to straighten out a guy like you
F
Am
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
C
Am
Get a little dirt on your hands
C
F
C
If you’re gonna grow up to be a big big man
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
F
C
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
Am
C
F
G7
