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 G
Woke up this morning, at my grandma's house.
Cadd9 G D
And I saw a cornfield through the window.
G Cadd9 G
I said, Grandma, Grandma, can I go play in that cornfield
Cadd9 G D
She 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 G
Akbar is awesome 'cause he never calls you names,
Cadd9 G D
He never really calls you anything 'cause he's just a corn
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
But I like pretending, that I can talk to him, and he can talk to me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jeffery_dallas/akbar_crd.html ]
D
And 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 G
Sat down for dinner, at my grandma's house
Cadd9 G D
When she lay down a plate of Akbar
G Cadd9 G
I 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
