Ellis County

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[Verse 1]
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Take me back when times were hard,
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 but we didn't know it
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If we ate, we had to grow it
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Take me back, when all we could 
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afford was laughter
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And two mules instead of a tractor
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Take me back again


[Verse 2]
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Take me back where there was 
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nothing left to throw out
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There was a light that wouldn't go 
out
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Take me back, when we had swollen 
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fingers we gotten
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When everybody helped pick the 
cotton
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Take me back again


[Chorus]
D       C       Em              
Take me back to places where my 
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memory tarries
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Take me back to precious things 
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that my heart carries


[Verse 3]
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Take me back when daddy led the 
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singing on Sunday
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Nobody had to plough 'til Monday
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Take me back where I could feel 
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the kiss of my mother
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I had all my sisters and brothers
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Take me back again


[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
        C       Em            
Take me back to places where my 
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memory tarries
D       C       Em              
Take me back to precious things 
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that my heart carries


[Verse 4]
        C         G               
Take me back when times were hard,
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 but we didn't know it
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If we ate, we had to grow it
G       D          Em           
Take me back, when all we could 
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afford was laughter
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And two mules instead of a tractor
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Take me back again
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Take me back again