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