Jeffery Dallas – Akbar chords

This may not sound the same as the video, but this is how Jeffery plays it live 
with his guitar only.

Standar Tuning, No Capo. (The strumming can be simple 4-count down strokes)


Intro:-----------------------------------------------------------------

G

Verse 1:---------------------------------------------------------------

G                     Cadd9           GWoke up this morning, at my grandma's house.

Cadd9       G                     DAnd I saw a cornfield through the window.

G                             Cadd9              G            I said, Grandma, Grandma, can I go play in that cornfield

    Cadd9                G                          DShe said you can do what ever you want, you're like twenty-one.


Chorus:----------------------------------------------------------------

Em         Cadd9   G      D  I went in a cornfield today,

Em         Cadd9   G  I went in a cornfield,

Em         Cadd9   G      D           G      (  D   G  )  I went in a cornfield today and met Akbar.


Verse 2:---------------------------------------------------------------

G                          Cadd9           GAkbar is awesome 'cause he never calls you names,

   Cadd9                  G                     DHe never really calls you anything 'cause he's just a corn

G                           Cadd9         G        Cadd9          GBut I like pretending, that I can talk to him, and he can talk to me

                DAnd he's kinda funny and he knows lots of jokes when I do that


Chorus:---------------------------------------------------------------

Em         Cadd9   G      D  I went in a cornfield today,

Em         Cadd9   G  I went in a cornfield,

Em         Cadd9   G      D           G      (  D   G  )  I went in a cornfield today and met Akbar.


Verse:----------------------------------------------------------------

G                    Cadd9           GSat down for dinner, at my grandma's house

Cadd9            G              D   When she lay down a plate of Akbar

G                     Cadd9             GI nearly cried when I saw my friend had died

Cadd9        G             D  (strum hard for the beat of the drum)    Grandma killed him for dinner.


Chorus:---------------------------------------------------------------

Em         Cadd9   G      D  I went in a cornfield today,

Em         Cadd9   G  I went in a cornfield,

Em         Cadd9   G      D           G     I went in a cornfield today and met Akbar.

Em         Cadd9   G      D  I went in a cornfield today,

Em         Cadd9   G  I went in a cornfield,

Em         Cadd9   G      D           G      I went in a cornfield today and met Akbar.

( G continues)    D   G(Field today) And met Akbar

                  D   G(Field today) And met Akbar