Sweet Rhode Island Red chords by Ike & Tina Turner
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Verse 1
(G major) Born in Louisiana in a town called Franklin
I was fully matured by the time
I reached the age of ten
A mulatto (C major) girl is what they called me
And us mu (G major) lattos had no
trouble at all with men
All (D major) men say that I'm as
sweet as honey
'Cause I'm thirty- four, (G major)
thirty- eight and twenty- two at the tummy
Verse 2
They called me Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
(C major) Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red
Sweet- (D major) y is what they said about (G major)
Sweet Rhode Island Red (F major)
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Verse 3
Tried (G major) to live a life I thought I wanted me to
I went to church, finished school,
was a member of a [?]
But old (C major) pastor [?] and Nathan Jones
They were just (G major) too hard headed
to leave me alone
They said (D major) that I was
sweet as honey (G major)
'Cause I'm thirty- four,
thirty- eight and twenty- two at the tummy
Verse 4
They called me Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
(C major) Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red
Sweet- (D major) y is what they said about Sweet (G major)
Interlude 1
Rhode Island Red
(G major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 5
I was (G major) seventeen when I moved
to New Orleans
'Cause living in the city has
always been my dream
People laughed, (C major)
said it was a shame and a pity
When old (G major) mayor Daley gave
me the key to the city
He (D major) too said that I was as
sweet as honey
'Cause I'm thirty- (G major) four,
thirty- eight and twenty- two at (C major) the tummy
They called (G major) me Sweet
Verse 6
Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
(C major) Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red (D major)
Sweet- (G major) (F major) (G major) y is what (C major) they said
about Sweet (G major) Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red
Ike & Tina Turner
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