Papa's On The House Top chords by Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin

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Verse 1
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Music
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Mama
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made Papa be quiet as a mouse
So Papa climbed up on
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top of the house
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Made a lot of whoopee,
made a lot of noise
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Stood up and cheered with
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the rest of the boys
Baby's in the cradle,
brother's on the towel
Sister's in the parlor
trying on a gown
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Mama's in the kitchen,
messing all around
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Papa's on the housetop,
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won't come down
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The blues they come,
the blues they come
Nobody knows where the
blues come from
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The blues they go, the blues they go
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And everybody's happy
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when the old blues go
Babies in the cradle,
brothers on the town
Sisters in the parlor trying on a gown
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Mamas in the kitchen,
messing all around
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Papas on the housetop won't
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come down
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Mama saw a chicken out in the yard
She picked up a rocket, she hit him hard
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Hit him hard, killed him dead now
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The chicken's in the gravy
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and the gravy's on the bread
Baby's in the cradle,
brother's on the town
Sister's in the parlor,
trying on a gown
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Mama's in the kitchen,
messing all around
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Papa's on the housetop,
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won't come down
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Hush, little baby, don't you cry
The blues gonna leave you by and by
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Papa came in, out of the cold
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Put the baby in the cradle
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and the blues out the door
Baby's in the cradle,
brother's on the town
Sister's in the parlor,
tryin' on a gown
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Mama's in the kitchen,
messin' all around
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Papa's on the housetop,
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won't come down