By Now I Would Be Dead Chords
by Junior Sisk
By Now I Would Be Dead by Junior Sisk is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C G7 C (x2)
verse 1
C G7
He said hard work never killed a man and Grandpa oughta know
C
He must've walked 10 000 miles, down those old corn rows
G7
Following behind the plow, with an old mule called Jim
C
I don't know who had a harder head, that old mule or him
F
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
C G7
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
C F
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Instrumental
C G7 C x2
verse 2
C G7
You can learn some lessons, at the south end of a mule
C
Following the plow all day, will change your attitude
G7
About the way you view life, how hard you work in school
C
His work was not to punish, but as a teaching tool
F
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
C G7
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
C F
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Instrumental
C G7 C x2
F
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough
C G7
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up
C F
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed
C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Outro
F C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead
Outro
F C G7 C