The Testimony Of Soddy Hoe chords by Jerry Reed

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Verse 1
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Howdy, my name's Soddy,
Soddy Ho.
And you know, I heard all my life
that if you want to be on record,
you got to write songs that touch people.
And I would like to try to touch you
with a song I wrote called A
Testimony of Soddy Ho,
also known as Ain't Nobody
Never Told Me Nothin'.
It goes like this. One day,
my truck run out of gas
on Route 1
C 
and I was thumbing into town
G 
going to get me something when these
A 
three dudes in this big black car
C 
pulled over to the side.
G 
C 
G 
They said, hey boy,
come over here and let's talk.
C 
I now look, if you're going to town,
G 
that's an awful long walk,
A 
but if you don't mind driving,
D 
I'm a little tired,
A 
G 
I'll give you a ride. I said, fine.
He said, well,
if you've got a driving license,
what's your name?
C 
I said, no, I ain't got no license.
Soddy's my name,
A 
D 
but I sure drive to hell, I  just think.
G 
So I got in the office with me.
We were riding along
and I said, what kind of work y 'all in?
C 
The dude in the back car left,
he just grinned.
A 
Then he looked at
D 
them other two dudes
and he said,
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A 
C 
Ain't nobody ever told me nothin'
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That they didn't want me to know
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A 
D 
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Only anybody ever told me where to go
C 
Now there ain't nobody
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so much as givin' the time of day
A 
They never told me nothin'
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G 
Em 
D 
so I ain't got nothin' to say
G 
Now folks, you see,
Soddy's fixin' to get
in a heap of trouble
D 
You see, cause when we got to town,
G 
I told them things
They said, well look,
we got a business deal
here at the bank
Why don't you sit out in the
A 
car and watch it, boss
C 
And when we finish, we'll buy you a beer."
I said, fine.
D 
G 
So I sit there pickin' my teeth,
D 
and I seen this gas station
over across the street.
C 
I thought, well, shoot,
A 
while they're in the bank,
D 
I'll just go get some gas from
G 
my truck while I'm here.
So I did.
And I was on the self -service aisle,
C 
pumpin' some gas in the can,
when this great big cop
A 
come up a -screamin' at everybody,
D 
wavin' his hand.
G 
He said, everybody,
stay where you are,
C 
that black vehicle is a stolen car.
Is that yours, boy?
A 
I said, no, officer,
D 
G 
I'm just puttin' gas in this can.

Verse 2

There ain't nobody ever

told me nothin'

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Verse 3

But that they didn't want me to know

Verse 4

All anybody ever told me

was where to go

Verse 5

Keep telling, buddy! Now there

ain't nobody so much

as give me the time of day

Verse 6

They never told me nothin'

so I ain't got nothin' to say

Verse 7
Yeah, see, Soddy may be
dumb like a box of rocks,
but he knows that police
ain't gonna buy none of this.
See, but before Soddy even
had time to think,
when the burglar alarm
C 
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went off over at the bank,
Well, here come them dudes runnin' out
with their arms loaded full of money,
C 
brandishin' guns.
A 
G 
Well, they looked for the car,
and then they looked for me.
C 
Well, they didn't  see
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neither one of us
C 
where we was supposed  to be.
A 
G 
Well, son, you shoulda seen the
look on their face
C 
when they didn't have nowhere to run.
G 
Why, they was a -screamin'.
They was a -hollerin',
jumpin' up and down.
C 
And the money was spillin'
all over on the ground
A 
about the time me
D 
and that officer walked
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over there on the scene.
Well, the dude called left,
and he pulled me over to the side,
C 
and he said, Where did you put
the damn car knucklehead?
A 
D 
I  didn't look at left and I said brother wait
G 
C 
a minute ain't nobody ever
G 
That didn't want me to know
E 
A 
D 
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only anybody ever told me
C 
Nobody so much
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E 
A 
The time of day they never told me nothing.
D 
G 
I ain't got nothing to say except hey
C 
I know where you going
when you leave him brother,
G 
and I know well side it's going to
E 
A 
And if I had my brothers, brother,
D 
G 
I'd rather be going without it
than going with you.
C 
How's that for being ignorant?
G 
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Oh, huh?
A 
I may be ignorant, lefty,
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A 
D 
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but I ain't going to jail.
Hey, brother, you over there
C 
with the pickup truck.
Hey, yeah, you going out
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C 
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toward Highway 1?
E 
I need a lift.
A 
I got this gas can.
D 
Yeah, it's heavy.
G 
See, I can't carry it.
C 
I need a ride, huh?
G 
Well, let me tell you where to stick your pickup truck,
Em 
brother.
A 
And while you're at it,
D 
why don't you accompany that
G 
with that automatic gear shift?
C 
How do you like that, hello?
G 
Get off my butt and lift it.
Em 
Officer, would you give me a
A 
lift out to the highway?
D 
Yeah, well let me tell you
G 
where to stick that patrol car,
officer.