The Carter Boys Song Lyrics and Chords by Tom T. Hall
The Carter Boys
Written and Recorded by Tom T. Hall
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The Carter boys were born one and
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after
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another
In a little ol'
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country
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place
I was the last and the
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death of my
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mother
And I know it was a
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pretty bad
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trait
We'd get to drinking
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I'd do the
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singing
And they taught me to
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chase girls and
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cuss
We played poker
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I'd do the
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dealing
I was the only
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one we could
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trust
And there were
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six of
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us all to
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gether
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And that's how we
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stood all the
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time
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Six of
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us all to
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gether
The
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Carter boys were
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brothers of
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mine
We had an ol' car that
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we kept tied
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together
With pieces of
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baling wire and
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hope
Well they knew when we got there and
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they knew when we
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left
They could tell by the
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noise and the
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smoke
Anytime the sheriff had
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nothing to
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do
He'd get out and
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chase us
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around
The old women prayed the
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old men
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laughed
And the middle aged
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people all
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frowned
Repeat #3
Daddy was a preacher and the
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Lord knows he
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tried
Gave us every
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thing he could
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afford
We lost a lotta battles
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but daddy always
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said
The only thing we
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feared was the
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Lord
Well as I look back through the
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long lean
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years
I wonder how we
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ever
sur
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vived
All of that hard work
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all of those
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women
And all of those
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pistols and
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knives
Repeat #3 x2
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Carter Boys?
- The song The Carter Boys was sang by Tom T. Hall.
Who is Tom T. Hall?
- Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
