Key: D major
Verse 1
over the hot stove
B
Db
And Papa was a -mendin' the cotton sack
I was a -hidin' up under the bed
B
Db
I didn't know to go to the cotton patch
Papa said, son,
you can't hide forever
B
Db
up there under the bed
I'm gonna give you some good advice
B
Db
and this is what my pap i said
Gb
Db
You gotta reach out and get
what you're gonna get
Don't take more than you really need
Gb
Ab
And you'll get along just fine
B
Db
Ain't that right, baby?
B
Db
And mama said, yeah
I wish you was more like your brother Jake
B
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And not so much like old Eli Hunt
Cause Eli's crooked as a
barrel of snake
You've been makin'
Iza Thelma Jones
B
Db
She's already brought a family shame
It wouldn't take too much
to mess with her boy
B
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To run down your good name
Ain't that right, babe?
B
Db
Mama said, yeah
Ziggy Lambert says that it's watermelons
B
Db
All disappearing one by one
If you happen to pass, there's a knife, boy
Shotgun
He hears you a biddy goodbye,
And all the way down to the store and back
B
Db
I thought all about what my mama said
Gb
Db
You gotta reach out and give him
what you're gonna get
Don't take up more than you
really need
And you'll get along just
fine in this old world
B
Db
Ain't that right, baby?
Outro 1
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Gb
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Gb
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Gb
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ChordsDb B Gb Ab
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