Biography:
Brook Benton (born Benjamin Franklin Peay on September 19, 1931; died April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.
When Benton was young he enjoyed gospel music and wrote songs and in 1948 he went to New York to pursue his music career.
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Boll Weevil Song:Brook Benton.
#2 on BB Hot 100 on Mercury Records
in 1961. (Most popular song he ever
recorded.)
INTRO: C F
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#1.
F
Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
Dm7 F
Now, some of you may not know, but a boll
weevil is an insect and he's found mostly
where cotton grows.
F Dm7 F
Now, where they come from, hm, nobody really
knows..but this is the way the story goes.
#2.
F Dm7 F
The farmer said to the boll weevil, I see
you're on the square.
Dm7 F Dm7
Boll weevil said to the farmer, say yep, my
F
whole darn family's here.
C Dm7 F
We gotta have a home, gotta have a home.
#3.
F
The farmer said to the boll weevil, say, why
do you pick my farm?
The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said,
Dm7 F
we ain't gonna do ya much harm.
C Bb
We're lookin' for a home-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-
F
oooo-ho-ho-ome.
#4.
F
And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug.
Dm7 F
He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you.
Cause, you see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search
the whole night through.
C Fm Dm7 F
Searchin' for a home..I'd have me plenty of home.
#5.
F
And the boll weevil called the farmer, and he said,
you better sell your old machines.
Dm7 F
Cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you
can't even buy gasoline.
C F
I'm gonna take me a home, gotta have a home.
#6.
F Dm7
And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said, Mr.
F
farmer, I'd like to wish you well.
Dm7 F
Farmer said to the boll weevil, yeah, and I wish
C
that you were in ---- lookin' for a home, lookin'
F
for a home.
OUTRO:
C F
(Ahh, you'd have a home all right, you'd have a home.
C F
A real hot home, ahhh..you'd have a home..)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#2 on BB Hot 100 on Mercury Records
in 1961. (Most popular song he ever
recorded.)
INTRO: C F
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------0-----2----3-0----------------
----3----3------------3-0-----------
---------------------------1--------
#1.
F
Let me tell you a story about a boll weevil.
Dm7 F
Now, some of you may not know, but a boll
weevil is an insect and he's found mostly
where cotton grows.
F Dm7 F
Now, where they come from, hm, nobody really
knows..but this is the way the story goes.
#2.
F Dm7 F
The farmer said to the boll weevil, I see
you're on the square.
Dm7 F Dm7
Boll weevil said to the farmer, say yep, my
F
whole darn family's here.
C Dm7 F
We gotta have a home, gotta have a home.
#3.
F
The farmer said to the boll weevil, say, why
do you pick my farm?
The weevil just laughed at the farmer and said,
Dm7 F
we ain't gonna do ya much harm.
C Bb
We're lookin' for a home-oooo-oooo-oooo-oooo-
F
oooo-ho-ho-ome.
#4.
F
And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug.
Dm7 F
He said, hey, I'd like to make a trade with you.
Cause, you see if I was a lightning bug, I'd search
the whole night through.
C Fm Dm7 F
Searchin' for a home..I'd have me plenty of home.
#5.
F
And the boll weevil called the farmer, and he said,
you better sell your old machines.
Dm7 F
Cause when I'm through with your cotton, heh, you
can't even buy gasoline.
C F
I'm gonna take me a home, gotta have a home.
#6.
F Dm7
And the boll weevil said to the farmer, said, Mr.
F
farmer, I'd like to wish you well.
Dm7 F
Farmer said to the boll weevil, yeah, and I wish
C
that you were in ---- lookin' for a home, lookin'
F
for a home.
OUTRO:
C F
(Ahh, you'd have a home all right, you'd have a home.
C F
A real hot home, ahhh..you'd have a home..)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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