Sister Soak the Beans chords by
Joe Ely
Joe Ely

N/A
Key: E major
Intro 1
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D
Verse 1
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D
Sister, soak the beans
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G
I'll be comin' home to chop the onion
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Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for the
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D
cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough,
I'm done with self-denial
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G
A
A
Can't Can't you hear me moan?
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
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D
Verse 2
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Workin' on the run
Burnin' cactus down on
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the Rio Grande
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No shade from the sun
Just wishin' I'd get done
with shovelin' sand
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Verse 3
Sister, soak the beans
G
G
I'll be comin' home to chop the onion
A
A
Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for the
D
D
cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough,
I'm done with self-denial
G
G
A
A
Can't Can't you hear me moan?
D
D
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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I been gone so long
Callin' cattle on the Goodnight
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Lovin' Line
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Can't you hear my song?
The canteen's dry as the
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dust that's in my eyes
Verse 5
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D
Sister, soak the beans
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G
I'll be comin' home to chop the onion
A
A
Mama, light the stove
It'll take a while for
D
D
the cornbread to get done
I'll be comin' home
I've had enough,
I'm done with self-denial
G
G
A
A
Can't Can't you hear me moan?
D
D
Set the table, I'll be there in a while
Verse 6
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Last time I got stuck
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In a Yankee city up above the Dixon Line
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I run plum out of luck
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Not an inch of enchilada could I find
Verse 7
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I'll be comin' home
I've had enough,
I'm done with self-denial
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G
A
A
No No peace can I find
Set the table,
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D
I'll be there in a while
Outro 1
D
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G
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A
A
D
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G
G

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A