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Pistol Packin’ Mama chords by Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Fdim

    3
  • G

  • D

  • E

  • Bb#

  • Bb

  • F#

    2
  • Ebm

    6
  • Adim

  • Ebdim

  • G#m

    4
  • B

    2
  • C#m

    4
Verse 1
Am
C
F
Am
Dm
Fdim
Nev
F
Am
er flirt with a gal named Tess
F
down old Texas way
G
Cause if you do, I'm telling you,
Dm
D
Am
here's what you'll have to say
Lay that pistol down, babe,
Dm
lay that pistol down
G
Pistol -packin' mama,
F
lay that pistol down
Am
Lay that pistol down, babe,
E
lay that pistol down
G
Pistol -packin' momma,
F
Am
lay that pistol down
C
Dm
F
Dm
C
Am
G
Dm
E
F
C
Verse 2
Bb#
Listen to the story of a red
G
-haired gal named May
Bb
She shot a pistol in the air,
G
C
hit me in the leg
E
C
Lay that pistol down, babe,
F#
lay that pistol down
G
F#
A pistol packin' mama,
Am
C
F
Bb#
Ebm
F
G
F
G
lay that pistol down
C
Bb#
Happy made a batch of corn,
Am
the revenuers came
F
Their draw was slow,
G
so now they know,
E
Bb#
you can't do that to me
F
Pistol -packin' mama,
Am
C
F
why did you shoot that gun ?
Am
F
E
Oh, pistol -packin' mama,
Bb#
Am
E
Am
E
Am
why did you shoot that gun, that gun?
Am
Adim
Am
F
Dm
F
Ebdim
C
Am
E
Singin' songs in a cabaret
Dm
and were we havin' fun
G
F#
E
Bb
F
Until one night we didn't sing right,
E
Ebm
E
G#m
now we're on the run
Am
Lay that pistol down, babe,
E
Dm
E
F#
G#m
lay that pistol down
G
E
G#m
G#m
Pistol packin' mama, lay that pistol down
B
G#m
B
E
Oh, lay that pistol down,
E
babe, lay that pistol down
E
Pistol -packin' mama,
lay that pistol down!
C#m
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