Sweet Rhode Island Red chords by
John Waite

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Intro 1

Born

Verse 1
in Louisiana in
a town called Franklin
And she was fully matured by the time
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she reached the age of 10
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Mulatto girl, that's what
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they called her
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And mulattos never had no
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trouble at all with men

Verse 2

And they don't say she was as

sweet as honey

'Cause she's 34, 38 and

22 at the tummy

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They call her sweet Rhode Island red
Sweet Rhode Island red,
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sweet Rhode Island red
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Sweet Rhode Island red, sweet,
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cheap, that's what they said
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About sweet Rhode Island red

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So she tried to live the life they
said they wanted her to
She went to church, went to school,
never be the white man's fool
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And Pastor Sam, and Nathan Jones
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They were just too hot headed
to leave her alone

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And they both said,

the girl's as sweet as honey

'Cause she's 34, 38 and

22 at the tummy

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They call her sweet Rhode Island red
Sweet Rhode Island red,
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sweet Rhode Island red
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Sweet Rhode Island red, sweet,
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cheap, that's what they said
About sweet Rhode Island

Interlude 1

red

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Well, she was 17 when she moved
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down to New Orleans
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'Cause living in the city had
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always been her dream
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And people there said it was
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a shame and a pity
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When old man Daley gave
her the keys to the city

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And he too said she was as

sweet as honey

'Cause she's 34, 38 and

22 at the tummy

Verse 9
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They call her sweet Rhode Island red
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Sweet Rhode Island red,
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sweet Rhode Island red
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Sweet Rhode Island red, sweet, cheap,
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that's what they said
About sweet Rhode Island red,
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yeow

Verse 10
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34, 38 and 22
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Sweet, cheap, that's what they said
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About sweet Rhode Island red, yeah

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