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Coot Marseilles Blues easy guitar chords by 
Tom T. Hall
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Verse 1
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(This story was told to me by Jerry Clover
at the 1971 discjockey convention
I told Jerry I's gonna write a song about it
My brother Hillman gonna play the cigarette paper
and the comb play)
[ paper & comb ]
Coot Marseilles was an old black
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man from down Mississippi way
He worked out in the white man's yard
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and he loved to sing and play
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Ol' Coot worked hard God rest his
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soul he never was much to roam
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His entire band was an old guitar a ci
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garette paper and a comb
[ paper & comb ]
Now ol' Coot had one song that he would
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sing when his long days were put in
There ain't nobody knows that song now
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cause I reckon that it died with him
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His songs were made up 'o dry bones
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from pain and sweat and tears
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And Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy
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was sometimes all you'd hear
Now on Saturdays ol' Coot didn't work much
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'cepten he built a fire in the stove
And when he get through he'd mosey on
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down and sit by the gravel road
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He'd hum that song as he walked along
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with the faraway look in his eyes
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And he sat there by the road all day
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watched them fine Ford cars go by
Now on Saturday night the white folks danced
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and ol' Coot he'd pick and sing
He had an old RC bottle neck that he'd slide
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up and down them strings
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Now Coot didn't care much for lyrics he
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just made 'em up as he went along
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And Lord I wish they had tape back then cause
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I'd sure love to hear them songs
Well his clothes were old and his hair was
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gray and hard work had bent his back
His songs were never recognized
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by statuettes or flags
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His songs were all about the working man
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and Coot never owned a tie
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The only thing he ever really
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had to do was die
[ paper & comb ]
Now ol' Coot's gone and maybe I'm
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wrong to bring it all back again
But I know his friends down in
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Mississippi sure thought a lot of him
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So rock on Coot and enjoy your rest
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your long day's work is done
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And if they got Fords up in Heaven sir I
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sure hope you're driving one
[ paper & comb ]
Outro 1
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
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