{t:Don't Forget the Coffee Billy Joe}
{st:Tom T. Hall}
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It [C] snowed the night be-[F]fore and it had [C] frozen on the ground
[C] We didn't have a [F] car and we lived [C] seven miles from [G] town
[F] And I can hear my daddy's voice so [C] many years a-[F]go
Sayin', [C] "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe"
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[G] "Mama needs her medicine, she's [F] got that real bad [C] cough
We'll [G] get our check on Monday, tell ol' [F] Sam we'll pay him [C] off
[C] You can catch a [F] ride when you get [C] to the black-top [F] road
[C] "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe"
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[C] Me and Quentin [F] went back on the [C] hill and we cut some wood
[C] Burnin' in that [F] ol' warm mornin' [C] stove, it sure smelled [G] good
[F] Daddy couldn't get work then and [C] I was just a [F] child
And [C] God was on va-[F]cation for a-[C]while
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"Well, if [G] you see Fred you tell him I'll come
[F] help him kill them [C] hogs
[G] And ask him if he'd still be inter-[F]ested in my [C] dogs
[C] Don't hang around that [F] pool room all day, [C] we might get more [F] snow
[C] And "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe"
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Well, they [C] wonder why there [F] ain't no rabbits [C] left this day and time
To [C] tell the truth, I [F] guess we ate 'em [C] all in forty-[G]nine
Was that [F] yesterday or was it over [C] twenty years a-[F]go
[C] "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe"
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[G] “Mama needs her medicine, she's [F] got that real bad [C] cough
[G] We'll get our check on Monday, tell ol' [F] Sam we'll pay him [C] off
[C] You can catch a [F] ride when you get [C] to the black-top [F] road
[C] "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe" (Now pay attention, son)
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[C] "Don't forget the [F] coffee Billy [C] Joe" [C][F][C]
{t:Don’t Forget the Coffee Billy Joe}
