Piney Woods Money Mama chords by Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Verse 1
D 
A 
D 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) Lord, heavy- hipped mama,
she done moved to the piney wood
Gm 
My heavy- hipped mama,  (G minor) 
D 
 (D major) she done moved to the piney wood
A 
D 
She's a high-  (A major) steppin' mama and  (D major) 
she don't mean no man no good

Verse 2
D 
She got ways like the devil and hair like  (D major) 
a Indian squaw
Gm 
She got ways like the devil  (G minor) 
D 
and hair like  (D major) a Indian squaw
A 
She been tryin'  (A major) two years to get me
D 
to be  (D major) her son- in- law
Gm 
Big mama  (G minor) 

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Verse 3

owns everything

in her neighbor hood

Her big mama owns everything

in her neighborhood

But when she made the money,

that's when she lived in this piney wood

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
Blues in my kitchen,
blues in my dinin' room
Gm 
I say blues in my kitchen,  (G minor) 
D 
 (D major) blues in my dinin' room
A 
And some nice  (A major) young fair brown,
D 
had  (D major) better come here soon

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) Well the cook's in the kitchen,
pickin' and fussin' over turnip greens
I say cook's in the kitchen,
fussin' and pickin' over turnip greens
A 
White folks in the parlor  (A major) playin'
D 
cards, and  (D major) they're suppin' at
E 
D 
cake and  (E major)  (D major) cream

Verse 6
My baby, I love my baby like the cow loves to chaw
D 
her cud  (D major) 
I say I love my baby like the cow
loves to chaw her cud
But that fool drifted off and left
me, she done moved to the piney wood