A Bowl of Red chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(G major) You don't put beans in (A major) chilli
You never (C major) wa ter good whiskey down (G major)
(D major) And nev (G major) er play poker (F sharp major) with
a man (E major) named 'Doc'
On the Spanish (A major) side of town (D major)
And (A major) if you
Verse 2
(G major) want to go peekin'
at the doctor's daughter
You better (C major) pay the old man his bread (C sharpdim)
Then it's a short, (G major)
short (F sharp major) ride from hell (E major) to heaven
Rid (C major) in' on a (D major) bowl of red (G major)
(E minor) I'm talkin' (G major) (D major) about sweet
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Verse 3
(G major) Lorene,
(D major) the (G major) chilli queen (D major)
Down at (C major) number nine Pecos Street (G major)
(D major) She's got bull (G minor) (G major) meat (F sharp major) hangin'
up above (E major) her head
(A major) And chilli peppers down at her feet (D major)
Verse 4
She's got an (G major) iron pot smokin'
on a woodsmoke stove
Near (C major) an antique feather bed
Where (C sharpdim) it's a (G major) short,
short (F sharp major) ride from (E major) hell to heaven
Rid (C major) in' on a (D major) bowl of red
Verse 5
(G major) Here's the recipe,
(F sharp major) Bull (E major) meat, crab meat,
pig's feet, chicken feet
I've even seen her use a rabbit's
head (A major)
Cemino, oregano, celanto, let it go
Then sop it up with sourdough bread (D major)
Let (A major) it
Verse 6
(G major) boil one day, (D major)
you'll be (G major) rollin' in the hay
Lorene (C major) keeps a man well (C sharpdim) fed
Just (G major) walk on down (F sharp major) to (E major) number nine
Say, (C major) "Gimme a little (D major) bowl of red"
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
(E major) Peter Piper (B major) picked a bunch (E major)
of chilli peppers
Tell me how many packs
did Peter Piper pick
Then he (A major) took 'em on down
to sweet Lorene
Said, "I need a bowl of red real quick (D major) " (C major)
(D major) She (A major) put Peter
Verse 8
(G major) Piper's (D major) peppers
(G major) in a pot on the stove
She put Peter (C major) Piper in her feather bed (C sharpdim)
And now Peter (G major) Piper's
(F sharp major) pickin' (E major) peppers all day
Just to (C major) get his daily (D major) bowl of red
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A Bowl of Red
Tom Russell
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