(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.) 


        G5        C5    G5
In Knox County nobody was famous
       G5            C5         G5 
Just a map dot that people passed through
     G5         C5     G5
Everybody grew Corn and tomatoes, yeah
   G5        D5         G(Begin strum pattern. I use D5 - DU-UDU.)
At least as far as we knew

 

        G5          C5  G5
Old man Beckett on 200    acres
     G5          C5      G5
From sunup till sundown he worked
G5             C5           G5  
Just like the rest of our neighbors 
   G5               D5           G5
He seemed like the salt of the earth



       C5        F5            C5 
But we all knew something was different
         G5                      D5
When the market hit bottom that year
          G5           C5      G5 
While the rest of the county was starvin'
   E5        D5              G5 
He brought a brand new John Deere


     G5          C5        G5
Well that rumor mill started churning
G5           C5     G5
Down at the Lucky Dog Cafe
       G5               C5     G5 
And it spread thru our Church Congregation
     G5          D5            G5
When he threw a grand in the plate


        C5     F5           C5
Had his lotto numbers gone lucky
   G5                      D5
Or did some rich relative die
         G5               C5          G5
Where on God's earth did he get the money
  G5            D5        G5
to install that Jacuzzi outside



Key Change to A


Bridge:

    A5                                  
One night after fishin with all of the fellas 
A5                         F#5
Curiosity got the best of us.
      A5
So we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes
   A5                         F#5
To see what the truth really was
             E5            D5             A5
Till we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run



   A5            D5       A5 
We scattered in every direction
A5           D5        A5 
Grateful to get out alive
     A5             D5               A5
What happened that night was never mentioned
         A5   E5     A5
Till the day they arrived


     D5   G5           D5 
With helicopters and squad cars
        A5                      E5
They completely surrounded his place
     A5        D5          A5 
They cut down all of his cash crops
      F#5           E5            A5 
I can still see the shame on his face


        D5           G5            D5
As they hauled him away in those handcuffs
    A5                         E5
For growin' what he shouldn't grow
         A5          D5                A5     
He said "Careful kids one day you'll end up
F#5         E5              A5
Reapin' the seeds that you sew



In Knox county nobody was famous
Just a map dot that people passed through
Everybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah
At least as far as we knew