Ginseng Sullivan Apple Music Streeming
Performed by Julian Lage & Chris Eldrige
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A(D)bout three miles from the Battelle yard
The river curves on (G)down
Not far south of the (D)town depot
(G)Sullivan's shack was (Bm)found
(A)Back up on the higher (D)ground

You could see him every day
Just walking down the (G)line
With his old brown sack a(D)cross his back
And his (G)long hair down  be(Bm)hind
(A)Speaking his worried (D)mind

   It's a  long way to the delta
   From the (G)North Georgia hills
   A tote sack full of (D)ginseng
   Won't pay my traveling (G)bills (G7)

   Now (C)I'm too old to (D)ride the rails
   Or (Em)thumb the road a(A)lone
   So I (D)guess I'll never (G)make it back to (D)home
   My muddy water (G)Mississippi (A)delta (D)home

The (D)winters here, they get too cold
The damp it makes me (G)ill
Can't dig no roots in the (D)mountain side
With the (G)ground froze hard and (Bm)still
Gotta (A)stay at the foot of the (D)hill

But next summer, things turn right
The companies will pay (G)high
I'll make enough money to (D)pay my bills
(G)Bid these mountains good(Bm)bye
(A)Then he said with a (D)sigh:



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