Johnny Cash - The Whirl and the Suck: chords

Chorus:
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It took a mighty good man with salty hands
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And a mighty long raft to keep the fore before the aft
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You take ten good men and guts and luck
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And you might navigate the whirl and the suck

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Well, the Tennessee River changed its mind
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At Chattanooga she oughta unwind
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She could a run right on the Georgia Sea
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But she cut right back through Tennessee
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Well, the settlers come by raft
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And boat bringin' everything that could stay a float
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But like a loco horse that'll twist and buck
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They hardly ever made it through the whirl and the suck

Chorus

When General Washington was in his knicker bocks
The Cherokee Indians through the Chattanooga Rocks
And the Chickamagua tribe and the Nickajack
They kept the watch where the river cut back
And if a raft or a boat ever rode the bend
The Indians got them because they had them hemmed in

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