talkin lion blues chords by C.W. Stoneking
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Intro 1
(G major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (G major) (D major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major)
Verse 1
O- da- (F major) lay- eeeeee
O- da- lay- (C major) ee- ee- ee
O- de- o- (G major) lay- ee- oh- oh
O- da- (C major) lay- eee
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Verse 2
I (C major) was over in Africa (F major) (C major) mini' for gold
O- (F major) oooh, min' for gold, (C major)
Come (G major) along a big lion, caught me in my hole
O- de- lay- eee, caught me in my (C major) hole
Verse 3
The (C major) lion said (G major) "Buddy,
you (C major) plumb outta luck"
O- (F major) da- lay- eee, you plumb outta luck, (C major)
Made a lun (G major) ge for me, lawd, I had to duck
O- de- lay- eee, I had to (C major) duck
Verse 4
I (C major) jabbed that lion right clean in the jaw
O- (F major) oooh, right clean in the jaw (C major)
(G major) Picked up his tail,
(D minor) dragged (G major) him cross the florr
O- de- lay- eee, dragged him cross (C major) the floor
Verse 5
(C major)
I changed him (G major) up (C major) in the back of my truck
O- (F major) oooh, in the back of my (C major) truck (G major) (C major)
Said, (G major) "What's that you
had to say about luck?"
O- de- lay- eee, that you said about (C major) luck
Verse 6
The (C major) first place I (G major) took (C major) him
(G major) was (C major) ten miles away,
O- (F major) ooh, ten miles away (C major)
Told the people, (G major)
"Listen what this lion can say"
O- de- lay- eee, what this lion (C major) can say
Verse 7
The (C major) lion looked round, he started to cty,
(F major) O- ooh, he started to (C major) cry,
Said, (G major) "This man punched me
and he blackened (C major) my (D major) eye"
O- da- (G major) lay- eee, and he blackened my (C major) eye.
Verse 8
The (C major) people got (F major) an gr, they
(C major) started to shout, (F major)
O- da- lay- ee- ee- (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) ee- eee
Lion said, "That's what
I was talkin about"
O- de- lay- eee, oh- (C major) oh, lawd, lawd.
Verse 9
(C major)
They hauled me up the courthouse stairs,
(F major) O- oooh, up the courthouse (C major) stairs
The (G major) judge was a monkey
in an old wicker chair
O- de- lay- eee, in an old (C major) wicker chair.
Verse 10
(C major)
The monky said, (G major) "Guilty",
and the (C major) people all cheered,
(F major) O- oooh, and the people all (C major) cheered
He (G major) slammed his (D major) gravel,
(G major) said "Twenty five years"
O- da- lay- eee,
said twenty five (C major) years
Interlude 1
(C major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (G major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 11
I'm in Africa (C major) wearin a ball and chain,
O- (F major) de- lay- ee, a ball and chain, (C major)
I'll never mess (G major) with a talkin lion again (G major)
O- oooh, talkin lion again (C major)
Outro 1
(C major)
talkin lion blues
C.W. Stoneking
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