Anticipation Blues chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Verse 1
D 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
D 
D 
She just got home from the doctor's
G 
D 
I just got home from the mill
G 
She looked a little peaked,
D 
B 
her eyes were kind- a streaked
E 
Bm 
A 
I couldn't figure out what made her ill
D 
She looked a little weepish, smiled
kinda sheepish
G 
D 
The answer hit me like a hickory mall
G 
I throwed my dinner bucket down
A 
D 
Bm 
Yelled like my trailin' hound I
E 
A 
D 
was gonna be a daddy after all

Verse 2

Now the waitin'

Anticipatin'

Rock- a- bye

I'm gonna be a daddy now!

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Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
Well the weeks went by kinda sweetly,
then all at once
D 
I thought she'd lost her mind
G 
She would rant, she would rave,
D 
B 
for the things she would crave
E 
Like ice cream and sauerkraut
A 
combined
D 
She wanted watermelon,
it was wintertime
G 
D 
Dill pickles set around the house in jars
G 
My how she'd eat that stuff,
D 
she never seemed to get enough
Bm 
E 
A 
D 
And at 3am she'd want candy bars
Oh,

Verse 4

Now the waitin'

Anticipatin'

Rock- a- bye

I'm gonna be a daddy now!

Interlude 2

Verse 5
D 
Well at last the time was drawin' near,
G 
D 
I began to walk and pace and sweat
G 
The doctor said: Now son,
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B 
I know this ain't no fun
E 
A 
But we ain't never lost a Daddy yet
D 
I stood up and set down,
I even though of leavin' town
G 
D 
The doctor and nurse came out all grins
G 
A 
They said: Buck up my boy you
D 
B 
should shout with joy,
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A 
You're the Daddy of a pair
D 
of bouncin' twins!