sweet peony chords by Bobbie Gentry

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
I  (E minor) want you to meet
me at my houseboat
Be sure and wear your little
black rubber rain coat
E 
Em 
Write you a  (E major) letter  (E minor) on  thin
D 
lined note pa (D major) per
Hide it in the tree where
Em 
the houseboat  (E minor) float

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Verse 2

Pulled a pully bone and

make a fat wish

Crawdad in the skillet,

gonna catch a catfish

Write you a letter on thin line note paper

Hide it on the table in

the catfish dish

Verse 3

'Cause it's sweet peony,

it's my dream

It's a sweet peony,

Interlude 1

it's my dream

Verse 4
Em 
E 
 (E minor) House (E major) boat floatin' down the bayou
Em 
 (E minor) Tried to catch a fish and now
E 
Em 
I think I'll  (E major) try you  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
Write  (E major) you a letter on thin line  (E minor) note paper
D 
E 
In a tree, a dish  (D major) and  in the bayou,  (E major) too

Verse 5
E 
And  (E major) if our eyelids are gettin' heavy
We'll dock our houseboat
Em 
on the muddy levy  (E minor) 
E 
Em 
Read  (E major) all the letters on the thin  (E minor) 
lined note paper
E 
Wad 'em up and  (E major) eat 'em
on the bayou
D 
'Cause  (D major) it's sweet

Verse 6

peony,

it's my dream

It's a sweet peony, it's my dream

Verse 7
Em 
I want you to meet me at my  (E minor) houseboat
E 
Be  (E major) sure and wear your little
Em 
E 
black  (E minor) rubber rain  (E major) coat
Em 
Write you a letter on  (E minor) thin lined note paper
E 
Hide it in the tree  (E major) where the

Verse 8
houseboat float
E 
 (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
'Cause it's sweet  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) peony,
E 
it's my dream  (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
It's a sweet  (A major)  (D major) pe (A major) ony, it's my dream