Coot Marseilles Blues

Coot Marseilles Blues easy guitar chords by Tom T. Hall

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  • Verse 1
    (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 

    man 
    from 
    down 
    Mississippi 
    way 

    He 
    worked 
    out 
    in 
    the white 
    man's 
    yard 

    and 
    he 
    loved 
    to sing 
    and 
    play 

    Ol' 
    Coot 
    worked 
    hard 
    God 
    rest 
    his 

    soul 
    he 
    nev
    er 
    was 
    much 
    to 
    roam 

    His 
    entire 
    band 
    was 
    an 
    old 
    gui
    tar 
    a ci

    garette 
    pa
    per 
    and 
    a com

    [ paper 
    & comb 

    Now 
    ol' 
    Coot 
    had 
    one 
    song 
    that 
    he would 

    sing 
    when 
    his 
    long 
    days 
    were 
    put 
    in 

    There 
    ain't 
    nobody 
    knows 
    that 
    song 
    now 

    cause 
    reckon 
    that 
    it 
    died 
    with 
    him 

    His 
    songs 
    were 
    made 
    up 
    'o dry 
    bones 

    from 
    pain 
    and 
    sweat 
    and tears 

    And 
    Lordy 
    Lordy 
    Lordy 
    Lordy 

    was 
    some
    times 
    all 
    you'd 
    hear 

    Now 
    on Saturdays 
    ol' 
    Coot 
    didn't 
    work 
    much 

    'cepten he 
    built 
    a fire 
    in 
    the stove 

    And when 
    he 
    get 
    through 
    he'd 
    mosey 
    on 

    down 
    and 
    sit 
    by 
    the 
    gravel 
    road 

    He'd 
    hum 
    that 
    song 
    as 
    he 
    walked 
    along 

    with the 
    faraway 
    look 
    in his 
    eyes 

    And 
    he 
    sat 
    there 
    by 
    the 
    road 
    all 
    day 

    watched 
    them 
    fine 
    Ford 
    cars 
    go 
    by 

    Now 
    on Saturday 
    night 
    the 
    white 
    folks 
    danced 

    and 
    ol' 
    Coot 
    he'd 
    pick 
    and 
    sing 

    He 
    had 
    an old 
    RC bottle 
    neck 
    that 
    he'd slide 

    up 
    and 
    down 
    them 
    string

    Now 
    Coot 
    didn't 
    care 
    much 
    for 
    lyrics 
    he 

    just 
    made 
    'em 
    up 
    as 
    he 
    went 
    along 

    And 
    Lord 
    wish 
    they 
    had 
    tape 
    back 
    then 
    cause 

    I'd 
    sure 
    love 
    to hear 
    them 
    song

    Well 
    his 
    clothes 
    were 
    old 
    and 
    his 
    hair 
    was 

    gray 
    and 
    hard 
    work 
    had 
    bent 
    his 
    back

    His 
    songs 
    were 
    never 
    recognized 

    by 
    statuettes 
    or 
    flag

    His 
    songs 
    were 
    all 
    about 
    the working 
    man 

    an
    Coot 
    never 
    owned 
    a tie 

    The 
    only 
    thing 
    he 
    ever 
    really 

    had 
    to 
    do 
    was 
    die 

    [ paper 
    & comb 

    Now 
    ol' 
    Coot's 
    gone 
    and 
    maybe 
    I'm 

    wrong 
    to 
    bring 
    it 
    all 
    back 
    again 

    But 
    know 
    his 
    friends 
    down 
    in 

    Mississippi 
    sure 
    thought 
    lot 
    of 
    him 

    So 
    rock 
    on 
    Coot 
    and 
    enjoy 
    your 
    rest 

    your 
    long 
    day's 
    work 
    is 
    done 

    And 
    if 
    they 
    got 
    Ford
    up 
    in 
    Heaven 
    sir 

    sure 
    hope 
    you're 
    driv
    ing 
    one 

    [ paper 
    & comb 

    Outro 1
    Lordy 
    Lordy 
    Lordy Lordy 
    Lord 


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