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