Big Long Slidin' Thing chords by Dinah Washington

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Dm 
C 
I've  (C major) been in every  (D minor) bar  (C major) 
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C 
F 
C 
 (F major) Been in  (C major) every honky- tonk  (F major)  (C major) 
D 
Been tryin' to find  (D major) my daddy
C 
 (C major) With that broke down piece o' junk
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 (F major) Ask everyone to help me
Cried, "Help me if you can
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G 
 (C major) you'll lnow my daddy  (G major) 
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C 
A 
 (A major) He's  (C major) that trombone playin' man  (A major) 
D 
Where  (D major) is my daddy?
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F 
Tell me  (G major) where is my  (F major) daddy
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F 
C 
 (G major) With that  (F major) big long  (C major) slidin'
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C 
F 
G 
thing?  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) 

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Verse 2
C 
I  (C major) even ask a man
F 
C 
That  (F major) played a steel  (C major) guitar
He said that you don't need him
Dm 
To be moved eight to the bar  (D minor) 
F 
He  (F major) brought his amplifier
And he hitched it in my plug
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F 
C 
 (C major) He  (F major) planked it,  (C major) and he plunked it
F 
But it just was (F major) n't good enough
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C 
'Cause I  (D major) need my daddy  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) Need my daddy with that big
C 
F 
C 
long  (C major) slidin' thing  (F major)  (C major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) Well,  (G major) then a knock

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) came at my door
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C 
I said,  (F major) mmh,  (C major) my daddy's back
I opened up the door
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C 
F 
 (F major) And there stood  (C major) Piano Jack (F major) 
C 
 (C major) He said, "I came to do some tinklin'
On your piano keys
I said, "Don't make me nervous
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This  (F major) ain't no time to tease
Dm 
Just send me  (D minor) my  daddy
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G 
Send  (F major) me my daddy  (G major) with that big long
C 
F 
C 
D 
slidin'  (C major) thing  (F major)  (C major)  (D major) 
Dm 
C 
 (D minor) Well,  (C major) the first

Verse 4
F 
time he played  (F major) 
C 
I ask him how  (C major) it was done
F 
C 
 (F major) He  (C major) said, "I blow through here
Then I work my fingers and my thumb
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C 
I  (F major) slide it  (C major) right up
F 
C 
 (F major) Then I slide it  (C major) back again
And I gdet a lot o' wind
F 
And then I slide it  (F major) back again
Dm 
G 
That  (D minor) is my daddy  (G major) 
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G 
C 
With that  (F major) big  (G major) long slid (C major) ing thing,
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C 
 (F major)  (C major) oh yeah