Pistol Packin' Mama chords by Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Vic Shoen & His Orchestra

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Intro 1

Chorus 1

Lay that pistol down, babe

Lay that pistol down

Pistol packing mama

Lay that pistol down

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Verse 1

Oh, drinking beer in a cabaret

Was I having fun

Until one night she caught me right

And now I'm on the run

Chorus 2
G 
Oh,  (G major) lay that pistol down, babe
D 
Lay that pistol down  (D major) 
Pistol packing mama
G 
Lay that pistol down  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 2

Oh, I'll sing you every night Bing

And I'll woo you every day

I'll be your regular mama

And I'll put that gun away

Chorus 3
G 
 (G major) Lay that pistol down, babe
D 
Lay that pistol down  (D major) 
Pistol packing mama
Lay that thing down
G 
Before it  (G major) goes off
And hurts somebody
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 3

Oh, she kicked out my windshield

And she hit me over the head

She cussed and cried and said I'd lied

And she wished that I was dead

Chorus 4

Lay that pistol down, babe

Lay that pistol down

Pistol packing mama

Lay that pistol down

Bridge 1
D 
We're three tough  (D major) gals
G 
From deep down  (G major) Texas way
D 
We got no  (D major) pals
G 
They don't like the  (G major) way we play
C 
We're a  (C major) rough rooting tooting shooting trio
G 
E 
But you  (G major) ought to see my sister  (E major) Cleo
A 
She's a  (A major) terror make no error
But there ain't no nicer terror
Am 
Eb 
 (A minor) Here's what we  (E flat major) tell her

Chorus 5

Lay that pistol down, babe

Lay that pistol down

Pistol packing mama

Lay that pistol down

Solo 1

Verse 4
Ab 
 (A flat major) Pappy made a batch of corn
Eb 
The revenuers came  (E flat major) 
The draugh was slow
So now they know
Ab 
You can't do that to  (A flat major) Mame

Chorus 6
Ab 
Oh,  (A flat major) lay that pistol down, babe
Eb 
Lay that pistol down  (E flat major) 
Pistol packing mama
Ab 
Eb 
Lay that pistol down  (A flat major)  (E flat major) 

Verse 5

Oh, singin' songs in a cabaret

Was I having fun

Until one night it didn't seem right

And now I'm on the run

Verse 6
A 
Oh,  (A major) lay that pistol down, babe
E 
Lay that pistol down  (E major) 
Pistol packing mama
Lay that pistol down
Bm 
Oh,  (B minor) pistol packing mama
E 
A 
 (E major) Lay that pistol  (A major) down
Bm 
C#m 
D 
E 
A 
 (B minor)  (C sharp minor)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 