Shortnin' Bread chords by The Cramps

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Verse 1
D 
Put on the skillet
G 
D 
Put on the lid
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin' bread
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin' bread
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves
E 
D 
shortnin' bread

Verse 2
D 
Put on the skillet, put on the lid
I'll maybe gonna make us some
E 
D 
shortnin' bread
Well, if that ain't an orgy,
then what I'd do
Mamma gonna make us
Gm 
G 
atomic too

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Verse 3

Mamma's little baby loves

shortnin', shortnin'

Mamma's little baby loves

shortnin' bread

Mamma's little baby loves

shortnin', shortnin'

Mamma's little baby loves

shortnin' bread

Verse 4
D 
Two little children layin' in the bed
One is sick and the other 'most dead
I called for the doctor,
and here's what he said:
Gm 
"Give them brats some
G 
shortnin' bread"

Verse 5
D 
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
E 
Mamma's little baby loves
D 
shortnin' bread
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin' bread
Gm 

Interlude 1
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Gm 
G 
Gm 
Cm 
C 
Cm 

Verse 6
Gm 
G 
Gm 
I
G 
D 
E 
went
D 
to the kitchen,
I opened up the lid
I filled my pockets full of shortnin' bread
I went to the corner and stood on my head
I stood right there and they ate
Gm 
shortnin' bread
D 
Mamma's

Verse 7
little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
E 
Mamma's little baby loves
D 
shortnin' bread
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin' bread

Verse 8
D 
Well I stole the skillet
I stole the the lid
I stole that gal making shortnin' bread
I got a year for the skillet, a year for the lid
A year for taking that gal making
G 
shortnin' bread
D 
Mamma's

Verse 9
little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves
E 
D 
shortnin' bread
Mamma's little baby loves
shortnin', shortnin'
Mamma's little baby loves shortnin'
bread