CFC
When I was a little boy my daddy used to say to me son
FC
We got a lotta big land and a lotta hard work to be done
FC
Go get your marbles put 'em in the house
G7C
Tear down your castles in the sand
FC
Come with your pappy to the cotton patch
FAm
And get a little dirt on your hands
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands
CFC
If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
FC
Well I got to be twenty and I thought I was a pretty big wheel
FC
Left the country for the city met a slicker with a shady deal
FC
He said hold up the tavern take all the money
G7C
Run as fast as you can
FC
If you're gonna get along in this big bad world
FAm
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands
CFC
If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
FC
Well it's four in the morning and the warden is a calling my name
FC
Says he's teaching me a lesson gonna send me out to work in the rain
FC
Dig that ditch boy chop that corn
G7C
I gotta make you understand
FC
Only way to straighten out a guy like you
FAm
Is to get a little dirt on your hands
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands boy
CAm
Get a little dirt on your hands
CFC
If you're gonna grow up to be a big big man
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
FC
You gotta get a little dirt on your hands
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.