Key: F major
Verse 1
F
C
F
When I was a little boy
Bb
F
Around the table at home
I remember very well
G
C
When company would come
Bb
F
Until the whole crowd ate
My mama always said to me
C
F
"Jim, take a tater and wait!"
Verse 2
Bb
F
With chicken on the plate
Bb
F
And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
C
F
Bb
An old cold tater and wait!
F
Interlude 1
G
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 3
they would come
Bb
F
To stay awhile with us
I would have to slip around
G
C
And raise a little fuss
Bb
F
Or break a china plate
My mama always said to me
C
F
"Jim, take a tater and wait!"
Verse 4
Bb
F
With chicken on the plate
Bb
F
And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
C
F
An old cold tater and wait!
Interlude 2
F
Bb
F
G
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
Dm
F
Verse 5
Well I thought that I'd starve to death
Bb
F
Before my time would come
All that chicken they would eat
G
C
And just leave me the bone
Bb
F
Upon the china plate
It makes you pretty darn weak
C
F
To take an old cold tater and wait!
Verse 6
Bb
F
With chicken on the plate
Bb
F
And have these puny ways
Because I always had to take
C
F
An old cold tater and wait!
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Bb G Dm
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