{"id":28826,"date":"2026-01-08T21:27:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28826"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:27:05","slug":"give-me-40-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/give-me-40-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Give me 40 Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"

to Turn this Rig Around<\/h1>\n
\"Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)\" - The Willis Brothers\r\nA-side on the single \"Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) \/ Gonna Buy Me A Juke Box\" \r\n(1964)\r\n \r\n[!] Link to song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4dzzt-bCXJo [!]\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nA<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n       A<\/span>                         D<\/span>\r\nHe was heading into Boston in a big, long diesel truck\r\n       E<\/span>                                A<\/span>\r\nIt was his first trip to Boston, he was having lots of luck\r\n                                        D<\/span>                 B7<\/span>\r\nHe was going the wrong direction down a one-way street in town\r\n    E<\/span>                                               A<\/span>\r\nAnd this is what he said when the police chased him down\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n A<\/span>                            D<\/span>\r\n\"Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\r\n         E<\/span>                     A<\/span>\r\nIt's the easiest way that I've found\r\n                                   D<\/span>                 B7<\/span>\r\nSome guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown\r\n    E<\/span>                                     A<\/span>\r\nBut I need forty acres to turn this rig around\"\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n        A<\/span>                                 D<\/span>\r\nWhen he finally found where to unload, he had a dreadful shock\r\n    E<\/span>                                       A<\/span>\r\nHis trailer pointed toward the road and his cab right to the dock\r\n                                         D<\/span>                   B7<\/span>\r\nAnd as he looked around him, through his tears, he made this sound\r\n     E<\/span>                                            A<\/span>\r\n\"Oh, give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\"\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n A                            D\r\n\"Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\r\n         E                     A\r\nIt's the easiest way that I've found\r\n                                   D                 B7\r\nSome guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown\r\n    E                                     A\r\nBut I need forty acres to turn this rig around\"\r\n \r\n \r\n[Interlude]\r\nA    D\r\nE    A\r\nA#\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n        A#                           D#\r\nWhen he finally got unloaded, he was glad to leave the town\r\n       F                       A#\r\nHe was very, very happy, going back to Alabam'\r\n                                     D#                C7\r\nWhen up ahead, he saw a sign, said, \"You are northward bound\"\r\n          F                                            A#\r\nHe said, \"Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\"\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n A#                           D#\r\n\"Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\r\n         F                     A#\r\nIt's the easiest way that I've found\r\n                                   D#                C7\r\nSome guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown\r\n    F                                     A#\r\nBut I need forty acres to turn this rig around\"\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n       A#                                  D#\r\nHe was driving down the right lane, when ahead, he saw a sign\r\n       F                               A#\r\nAnd he had to make a left turn, but he could not get in line\r\n                                                 D#                 C7\r\nAnd the tears were streaming down his cheeks and they all heard him yell\r\n         F\r\n\"Give me forty sticks of dynamite and I'll blow this thing to-\"\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n A#                           D#\r\n\"Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around\r\n         F                     A#\r\nIt's the easiest way that I've found\r\n                                   D#                C7\r\nSome guys can turn it on a dime or turn it right downtown\r\n    F                                     A#\r\nBut I need forty acres to turn this rig around\"<\/pre>\n
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to Turn this Rig Around “Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)” – The Willis Brothers A-side on the single “Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) \/ Gonna Buy Me A Juke Box” (1964) [!] Link to song: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4dzzt-bCXJo [!] [Intro] A [Verse 1] A … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGive me 40 Acres<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28827,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28826\/revisions\/28827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}